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Based on data collected in the OECD project »Social Outcomes of Learning (SOL)«, empirical research findings and resulting policy recommendations were generated in the report »Improving Health and Social Cohesion through Education«, which are presented in this shortened and translated version. Due to the overall sparse empirical evidence of benefit research, future research forms and necessary methodological approaches are outlined.
Going out from the »UN ECE Strategy for Education for Sustainable Development« of March 2005 the author describes which challenges have arisen from the establishment of the perspective of sustainability. In an overview of the different areas of adult education it becomes obvious, how variable the concept of ESD finds acceptance (adult evening classes, environmental education, global learning, academies). Eventually the contribution encourages to comprehend ESD as a chance for adult education an…
Zweifellos hat die Nutzung digitaler Medien in der Corona-Pandemie auch in der Erwachsenen- und Weiterbildung einen großen Schub erfahren, wenn dies die Einbrüche in Angebot und Teilnahme nicht vollständig ausgleichen konnte. Doch wie nachhaltig ist diese Entwicklung? Reichen die bisherigen Anstrengungen aus, um die Erwachsenen- und Weiterbildung im Allgemeinen und die Volkshochschulen im Besonderen zukunftssicher aufzustellen? Darüber sprachen Herausgeber Josef Schrader und Redakteur Jan Rohwe…
„Click and Type“ – new ways into the empirical practice On theory and practice of online researches It is still relatively unsettled what online research resp. online questionaires are and what effects these instruments have on the entire research process. On the basis of different sources and experiences from own projects this contribution goes into the matter of the single einzelnen effects online research from different perspectives, such as e. g. the options of figuration, the warranty…
In Germany, participation in continuing education has been on a respectable level since 2012. In 2016, 50 per cent of all adults were active in continuing education and training. Based on these findings, the Adult Education Survey (AES) 2016 provides numerous detailed results, which are presented in the final evaluation report. The authors of this report analyse and comment the representative data with regard to key issues, such as: Who are the participants of continuing education and for what …
Marie Jean Antoine de Condorcet (1743-1794) hat in seiner für die französische Nationalversammlung verfassten Schrift „Bericht und Entwurf einer Verordnung über die allgemeine Organisation des öffentlichen Unterrichtswesens“ (1792)) ein Konzept vorgelegt, nach dem organisierte Bildungsveranstaltungen jeden Menschen ein Leben lang begleiten sollten. Nach seiner Auffassung hatte Erwachsenenbildung eine kompensatorische Funktion für jene, bei denen Bildung kein Teil ihrer Jugend war.
Literacy as specified in the recent PIAAC survey (OECD 2013) is separated into competence levels. This allows a comparison of adults performing on literacy Level I and below versus those performing on Level IV and above. The PIAAC survey also contains variables on participation in adult education. Core findings confirm the Matthew effect for participation rates, but not for training hours.
Abstract: The paper describes trends of convergence and divergence in enterprise-provided continuing vocational training in Europe between 1999 and 2005. Based on the survey CVTS, the indicators for courses incidence, access, intensity, direct costs and the indicator learning at the workplace will be analyzed. The paper concludes with an outlook with references to sketches of an educational theory to be written for this field of adult education.
In a representative survey in 2012 the German edition of the Adult Education Survey (AES) collected data relating to the professional development behaviour and the structure of the professional development market in Germany. This final report analyses and comments on the collated data under the consideration of key questions: Who participates why, how often and how long in professional development and who does not? Which professional development provisions are popular? How is the target group o…
