Trends in Adult and Continuing Education in Germany

This contribution summarizes the most important trends in further education in Germany as they were elaborated in a secondary analytic research project of the DIE (Deutsches Institut für Erwachsenbildung – German Institute for Adult Education) in 2007. According to the study, participation in adult education in Germany is increasing after long years of decrease, even though, overall, financing of adult education has been further reduced. Cooperation as well as competition between adult educatio…

Aims of political and citizenship education in Finland

This article examines the guidelines and objectives of political (societal) and citizenship education in Finland during the past 40 years approximately. During this relatively short period different programmes have arisen which aptly reflect changes which have taken place, in viewpoints, in the social atmosphere and in citizens’ political interests. The article is concerned with the reports of two committees, the Adult Education Committee and the Lifelong Learning Committee, since the beginning…

Literacy level I and below versus literacy level IV and above

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.

Politiken der Grundbildung im internationalen Vergleich

Zur Situation der Weiterbildungsbeteiligung in Deutschland. Im Gespräch über die Daten des deutschen Adult Education Survey (AES) 2010

Seit Mitte Oktober 2010 liegen die Daten des deutschen Adult Education Survey (AES) vor. Das vom Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung geförderte Projekt liefert Daten zur „Weiterbildungsbeteiligung 2010“ in Deutschland und im Trend seit 2007 bzw. 1979. Anlässlich der Veröffentlichung des Schlussberichts traf sich DIE aktuell-Redakteur Thomas Vollmer mit Frauke Bilger, Projektleiterin bei TNS-Infratest, zum Interview. Sie diskutierten die wichtigsten Ergebnisse. Der Schlussbericht ist…

Participation in Adult Education of Different Social Groups and Milieus.

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Multi-layered perspective on the barriers to learning participation of disadvantaged adults

Measuring Participation in Education and Labour Market Outcomes in a Longitudinal Perspective

Presentation Fourth Technical Meeting for PIAAC (Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies ), Bonn, 20-21 June 2005

[Bisovsky, Gerhard (Hrsg.): Adult Learning and Social Participation. 1998]

Political Economy of Adult Learning Systems