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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…
The textbook provides an introduction to the field of education of older adults and lifelong learning. Coming from an interdisciplinary field of research related to ageing, learning abilities and learning needs of older adults are discussed. Additionally, adequate forms of learning and educational arrangements are presented. A special focus lies upon the correlation between competencies and age, taking into account diverse living conditions and biographies. Thus, the textbook offers impulses to…
»Die Gefahr ist, dass die Wirkung der Piaac-Studie verpufft, weil sie zu viele Adressaten hat und sich jeder hinter dem anderen verstecken kann. Wie schlau die Deutschen wirklich sind, wird sich daran zeigen, ob sie dieser Versuchung widerstehen.« So schrieb DIE ZEIT am 10. Oktober 2013. Die Ergebnisse der beiden Studien PIAAC und CiLL bilden eine wesentliche Grundlage für bildungspolitische Entscheidungen im Weiterbildungssektor. Wie wird dies von Wissenschaft und Praxis wahrgenommen? Welche…
Gesundheit ist nicht nur dann ein Thema, wenn es an ihr mangelt. Erwachsene hegen und pflegen sich (und ihre Kinder) mehr denn je, um ihre Gesundheit zu erhalten. Auf der anderen Seite haben psychische Störungen und stressbedingte Belastungen in den letzten Jahren stark zugenommen. Welche Fähigkeiten und Kenntnisse erfordert eine Lebensweise, die Gesundheit fördert? Wer vermittelt die? Welche Leitkategorien eignen sich für eine theoretische Begründung von Gesundheitsbildung? Sondierungen vom au…
Recent empirical data show that 7.5 million adults in Germany do not reach a minimum level of reading and writing skills and, therefore, are classified as functional illiterates. However, the social and educational background of this part of the population differs considerably from wide-spread perceptions of the target group as it is represented in courses for illiterates in adult education. While the latter normally showed heavy learning problems at school, the wider group normally passed scho…
Competence Assessment in Working with the Disabled. Experiences Gathered in Franz Sales House in Essen The report focuses on the challenges of implementing a system for competence assessment in the Franz Sales House in Essen – a social institution for the disabled. The authors point out methods for the competence assessment of employees in a social institution to adjust them to future requirements and use them as a base for an effective management of educational processes. Experiences gathered…
This article addresses learning, educational and activity-related prospects upon entering into retirement age and the search for meaning in one's career associated with this. The topic is explored at various levels: first of all autobiographically taking the example of a new, self-employed orientation. At the second level, the case example can be interpreted as part of a societal trend towards activities crossing the age border. Finally prospects for the topic in the context of adult education …
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 research project KLASSIK examines the question of whether it is possible to increase competencies for information processing skills of older people. To this end, training courses that serve as experimental groups, performed a special, metacognitive thinking training. In the project also included comparison groups received no training. Before the treatment a performance test and an intelligence test ensure that both groups come from the same starting conditions. After the final test an appro…
The article presents findings of an ethnographical research project concerning the international concept of literacy as social practice. In this project, literacy was analyzed from an individual and a public point of view, focusing on its multidimensional uses and purposes in everyday life. Referring to a broader understanding of literacy as social practice, the study aims at initiating a discussion concerning the purpose and use of literacy among adult educators and practitioners in literacy c…
