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The latest number of the Berichtssystem Weiterbildung (»Further Education Report System«) of the Federal Ministry for Education and Research marks a trend reversal: whereas in the last periods under review an increase in the attendance of further education courses was to be observed, currently attendance is regressive by five percent points – particularly in general further education. The author presumes that one reason for this is education’s focussing on the labour market perspective, an atti…
Justice and the right to continuing education Education opportunities are unfairly distributed. In the area, too, of continuing education there are disadvantaged groups of persons who especially have already suffered discrimination during their initial vocational education and training. The demand for equal opportunities which dates back to Aristotle and John Rawls implies that everyone who suffers as a result of insufficient or unsatisfactory results in their initial training should have a…
Vocational continuing education by gainfully employed persons – the explanatory power of activity-related features for continuing education behaviour Socio-demographic, company and employment data is often used to explain continuing education behaviour of individuals. Even though continuing education needs arise directly in the job context, job-related aspects are less frequently taken into account – not least due to the availability of data. This has been made possible, however, by a repres…
The product clinic – a method to plan demand-oriented planning of courses and programmes for continuing higher education Continuing higher education is facing the challenge of having to react to heterogenous target groups and having to position itself in the competitive market of further education. In order to be able to plan demand-oriented programms for further education, knowledge of the addressees´ specific educational needs is required. Product clinics as an innovative method of market …
Intercultural education accepts the “otherness“ in multicultural and multireligious societies. It struggles against discrimination and seeks equality. Migrants and native people are both target groups of intercultural education. The article discusses educational questions in the German context with regard to different nationality, culture, religion and mother tongue. “Intracultural” education is necessary to strengthen personal and social identity; intercultural education can initiate dialogue …
In-company further education causes direct and indirect costs that can be divided up between employers and employees in different ways. The article provides an overview of a number of financing models of in-company further education, presenting empirical results of various surveys conducted in enterprises. Not only range of and participation in further education is dealt with, but also the height and composition of further education costs, the timing of qualifying measures, employees’ paying a …
The requirement for improving one’s life also concerns the family – and therefore family education. In his documented speech on the occasion of the ceremony for the 60th anniversary of the Catholic Education Centre in Bonn, the author pleads for creating spaces for meetings and relationships as well as for conveying »serenity competences« with family education instead of supporting improvement mania.
R. Jermann presents eduQua, a label that certifies certain basic standards for further education institutions in Switzerland. eduQua aims at securing and furthering the quality of further education institutions by way of the setting of basic standards, at identifying a basis for administrative decisions (certified institutions may apply for grants), and at improving transparence in the education market.
Gerade im Wettkampfsport mit seiner inhärenten Leistungsbezogenheit scheint Inklusion schwierig. Doch das »Special Olympics Unified Sports®«-Konzept bringt Sportler*innen mit und ohne Behinderung im wettkampforientierten Sport zusammen; Ziel ist ein »wirkungsvoller Einstieg« in ein »inklusives Klima«. Gelingt dieser Einstieg? Dieser Frage geht die Autorin auf Basis einer Studie nach.
Erwachsene konnten notwendige Lese-, Schreib- und Rechenkompetenzen in der frühen Neuzeit in den größeren Handelsstädten an städtischen Privatschulen erwerben. In der nachfolgenden Quelle wird über ein Werbeschild einer solchen Privatschule, gemalt von Hans und Ambrosius Holbein, berichtet.
