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Effects of continuing education tests Continuing education tests aim at improving transparency of the quality of programmes on offer and initiating processes to improve quality at providers of continuing education. But what has the impact of continuing education tests been to date? The authors present selected results of an evaluation study. From a demand perspective, continuing education has not been transparent since the introduction of educational testing in 2002, either. 54% of the popul…
The article presents key findings of a study on the attitude towards education among immigrants. The study also covers interests in continuing education particularly with regard to parent education programmes.
Heino Apel vertritt drei Thesen: „1. Es gibt eine Tendenz zur ‚Multimediatisierung’ von Wissensrepräsentationen. 2. Die Konstruktion von Wissenspräsentationen ist wesentlicher Bestandteil in Lernprozessen. 3. Es liegt eine Chance reicherer, zeitadäquaterer Ausdrucksmöglichkeiten in multimedial aufbereiteten Informationen.“ Demzufolge sollten multimediale Präsentationen in Unterrichtskonzepte einbezogen werden. Apel unterscheidet dabei drei Phasen: Wahrnehmung, Implementation und Gestaltung. Anh…
Iceberg further education Achievements of the graduation related further education for the mastery of transitions in the educational system Like with an iceberg, the achievements of further education are to a large extent not quite visible for the public perception. Among these are the activities of the facilitation of transitions in the educational system. The author has, within the frame of a dissertation, estimated how many certificates and graduations the German further education produces…
1992 verabschiedete die Konferenz der Vereinten Nationen in Rio die Agenda 21, auf der das Konzept „Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung“ beruht. Ziel ist es, umwelt- und entwicklungsorientierte Bildung zu vereinen. Allerdings gibt es keine einheitliche Definition und Bildungseinrichtungen engagieren sich diesbezüglich sehr unterschiedlich. Welche Einstellung haben Praktiker, Multiplikatoren und Wissenschaftler zu dem Konzept, wie groß sind Bekanntheitsgrad und Akzeptanz? Diese Online-…
The article provides an insight of the opportunities and challenges of analysing spatial aspects in continuing education including the various concepts of spatial references. Regional continuing education characteristics are presented based on initial findings of the German Continuing Education Atlas.
In recent years, the discourse on competences as well as the increasing importance of informal learning particularly at workplaces have attributed a prominent position to the procedures of visualization and balancing of vocational competences within the educational practice as well as in education policy debates.However, most of these procedures focus on apprentices or participants of further education courses. This rather limited view has largely excluded teachers and/or dispositive employees …
