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Das Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung und die Bund-Länder-Kommission fördern die Entwicklung, Bekanntmachung und Etablierung von Qualitätskonzepten, die sich vom Ansatz her an den Bedürfnissen und Möglichkeiten von Weiterbildungseinrichtungen orientieren. Eines dieser Konzepte ist das im Rahmen des BLK-Verbundprojekts „Qualitätstestierung in der Weiterbildung“ entwickelte und bis zur Marktreife geförderte Konzept der „Lernerorientierten Qualitätstestierung in der Weiterbildung, Versio…
Im Zentrum der Qualitätsdiskussion stehen die Leitmodelle DIN EN ISO 9000 ff. und EFQM, die sich großer Bekanntheit und Verbreitung erfreuen. Doch diese Zugänge zur Qualitätssicherung und -entwicklung erweisen sich in vielen praktischen Zusammenhängen als zu aufwendig, als zu hochschwellig und ambitioniert. Zudem fehlt häufig der direkte Zuschnitt in Problemsicht und Jargon auf die „Welt der Weiterbildung“ mit ihren spezifischen Zugängen und Handlungsstrategien. Mit diesem Beitrag wird deshalb …
Scientific Education This issue combines empirical and conceptual access points to research of an area of education which has been for the most part neglected by continuing education: What role does natural science knowledge play in the context of informal and non-formal learning processes of adults? And what impetus can be derived for the structure and design of teaching-learning arrangements in other areas? This issue provides insight into specific issues, providing a contribution to inter…
A system helping individuals assess their own skills, the ProfilPASS is currently being tested as a human resource development tool at ten business enterprises. The authors describe conditions encouraging success, implementation processes and preliminary results in the scholarly support effort.
The focus of this article is on the necessity of competences and qualifications in the lower job segment of the labour market and the applicability of educational programs to acquire these and encourage people with low skills to participate in lifelong learning. Various requirement profiles of literacy in the work context are described. The importance of operational multipliers used in job-related basic education is pointed out. Exemplary methods, used in GRAWiRa in order to concretize basic ed…
Counselling: Changes for a Sustainable Development If counselling should survive as a generally accepted human service at the beginning of the 21st century, a fundamental shift in paradigms and the therewith connected development of sustainable offers for counselling becomes necessary. Permanent co-evolution of needs from clients, economy and society calls for specific skills and knowledge for analysis and coping with multiple subjective realities, ecological contexts, non-linear causalities…
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…
