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European countries, North America and Japan are strongly affected by demographic change and ageing populations. In these countries a discourse emerged about using the potentials of older people and the role of lifelong learning in this process. This text focuses on international results of further educational participation of older people and outlines concepts of learning in later life in Germany.
Der Autor diskutiert die Möglichkeiten, Chancen und Grenzen des Einsatzes von neuen Medien in der Weiterbildung.
Welche Erfahrungen machen Bildungseinrichtungen bei der Implementierung selbstgesteuerten Lernens? Der Text referiert die Ergebnisse einer Umfrage bei Volkshochschulen, privaten Bildungsträgern und in Weiterbildungsbereichen großer Unternehmen. Erfragt wurden z. B. mögliche Umsetzungshindernissen, didaktische Konzepte, institutionelle und qualifikatorische Anforderungen bei der Umsetzung oder auch strukturelle Rückwirkungen und Konsequenzen für die Organisationsentwicklung.
The "learning time account" links the politics of working hours with professional adult education. As a derivative from the "working hours account" it represents an instrument with which the worked for time demands of the employee is changed into adult education instead of into money. Depending on whether the adult education serves work related or private matters, the resources are made available by the employer or by the employee (time and money). In the discussion of lifelong learning the ins…
