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Die abschließende Literaturliste des Projekts TAK nennt eine Auswahl aktueller und relevanter Aufsätze und Monographien, die sich mit dem Themenfeld Transparenz und Akzeptanz berufsrelevanter Kompetenzen beschäftigen. Das Spektrum der einzelnen Schwerpunkte reicht vom informellen Lernen über Bildungspässe bis hin zu diskontinuierlichen Erwerbsbiographien.
PIAAC reveals the deficits of basic competences within the adult population. To master this problem, which also applies to the labour market, the author calls for establishing a Federal Office for the protection of basic education. This office may be an opportunity for people with and without a migrational background, persons seeking employment as well as precariously employed people to attend vocational education and training programmes, which are funded by the government.
In companies, ProfilPASS advisors are encountered by many stakeholders in a complex environment. Therefore, the application of the ProfilPASS tool needs to be well prepared and coordinated with all people involved within the company. The guideline at hand provides ProfilPASS advisors with extensive knowledge and additional practical recommendations for using ProfilPASS in companies. It provides a step-by step demonstration how the ProfilPASS can be used and which aspects need to be taken into c…
This report reflects potentials and dangers for adult education resulting from the process of Europeanizing educational politics. The report indicates the associated structural mechanisms of action in the area of tension of cooperation and competition with the example of the European Qualification Frame (EQF). While intending to achieve a better comparability of educational systems and educational programmes the EQF in fact injects fresh impetus for more national and international competition. …
Recognition of informal professional competencies Learning in informal and non-formal contexts has not yet gained wide-spread political and social acceptance, documentation and certification. Due to its individual and contextual situation, informal learning can be recognized via learning results only. Professional competence, including both formal and informal learning strategies, will constitute the foundation for a comparative evaluation and certification of such competencies and abilities.
From the principle of the regulated occupation to the supremacy of certification: fields of conflict en route to the German qualifications framework (DQR) This article addresses the central difficulties observed in the search for consensus during the current development of a national German qualifications framework (Deutscher Qualifikationsrahmen, DQR). As well as the difficulty in blending in the German national “dual system” of vocational training with the EQF, the main difficulties identi…
In der Berufsbildung ist die Diskussion über europäische und nationale Qualifikationsrahmen in vollem Gange. Die Erwachsenenbildung fühlt sich nicht recht »gemeint« – außer, was die Qualifikation ihrer eigenen Profession angeht – aber das ist dann ja wieder Berufsbildung, gewissermaßen. Das Heft hat weitere Verbindungen zwischen Qualifikationsrahmen und Erwachsenenbildung herstellen wollen, es wird ja immerhin ein ganzes Bildungssystem auf outcome umgestellt. Neue Bezüge zeigen sich indes in de…
Continuing Education for the teaching Staff in adult Education in Europe – Situation, Strategies, Systems This article reviews the results of the efforts for establishing a frame for the measuring of competencies and skills for the teaching staff in adult education which has been implemented on the European level (EQF). It is shown that, due to the situation in various European countries, a rather open understanding of the term “adult education” is in use, including vocational training and n…
