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To promote intercultural opening as a key process for improving the participatory chances in continuing education for people with a background of migration, their current opportunies and boundaries need to be taken into particular consideration. Several basic arguments are discussed in this report.
Working at companies in old age – problem or opportunity? Company strategies for dealing with demographic change Demographic change usually confronts companies with a double challenge. Enterprises have to work with ageing staffs, while a veritable “war for talent” is underway to attract young skilled staff. This article explores the different strategies German enterprises are adopting to meet this challenge. At the same time, it distinguishes between tried-and-proven staff strategies whic…
Exclusion by precarious inclusion and the “new spirit” of adult education “The social question in Europe has a new name: Exclusion” (Kronauer 2002, p. 9). A growing number of groups of the society are in danger of being excluded from the support of the society: the shield against social risks, in the first place unemployment, illness and poverty is increasingly becoming weaker; compensation benefits against a missing justice and selectivity such as for example adult education training opport…
Copyright matters are tricky. To know and deal with questions regarding copyright with expertise will protect you and your educational institution from legal complications and claims of third parties. What is copyright all about? What is covered by the copyright law? What is necessary to know in teaching contexts? These and further questions are dealt with in this book.
Die Produktdatenbank Alphabetisierung und Grundbildung (PAG) ist ein Online-Portal, das ab 2007 entstandene Bildungsmaterialien mit einem inhaltlichen Bezug zur Alphabetisierung und Grundbildung versammelt und v.a. Lehrkräften und Kursplanenden kostenlos bereitstellt. Der Leitfaden richtet sich an alle Personen, die Bildungsmaterialien aus dem Bereich der Alphabetisierung in der PAG veröffentlichen wollen. Er informiert über Kriterien zur inhaltlichen Gestaltung und technischen Beschaffenheit d…
