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Theoretical references in professional adult education and vocational training To the extent that social sciences are dependent on the terms with which they are formulated also adult education underlies the impacts of terminological decisions, that can be encountered this way or another way. The usage of the term intervention is such a decision, it stands in the centre of this contribution. By interpreting the empirical results of research on self-learning competences as well as by theoretic…
In der Sammlung texte.online findet sich ein breites Spektrum an forschungs- und praxisrelevanten Texten zu Fragen der Erwachsenenbildung. Die hier veröffentlichten Dokumente tragen zu aktuellen Diskussionen bei und spiegeln Tendenzen in den verschiedenen Praxis- und Theoriefeldern der Weiterbildung wider. Das Spektrum der Texte reicht von Tagungsbeiträgen über statistische Auswertungen und Qualifikationsschriften bis hin zu Forschungsberichten. texte.online wird seit 2012 als Dokumentationsser…
The DIE Journal on Adult Education (DIE Zeitschrift für Erwachsenenbildung) was renamed "weiter bilden" in 2018. The quarterly DIE Journal focuses on a specific topic to inform about current developments in adult education. It is mostly directed at full-time employees and planners in continuing education as well as authorities in education policy and administration. It is scientifically sound as well as practice oriented - magazine as well as reflection instrument.
Little is known about the qualifications of trainers in further vocational education. Some hold a degree in educational sciences. At the same time prospective trainers seem to be part of the target group of programs that specialize in adult education. The study focuses on which contents are intended in these programs and whether they could qualify for a later occupational activity as a training professional. For this purpose the course descriptions of 32 programs were analyzed and 10 responsibl…
Schwerpunktthema dieser Ausgabe des REPORT ist das didaktische Handeln in der Erwachsenenbildung und damit verbundene Fragen wie die Ermittlung von Bildungsbedarf- und Bedürfnissen, Programm- und Veranstaltungsplanung. Neue didaktische Aufgaben wie die Unterstützung selbstgesteuerten Lernens, E-Learning, Lernberatung und Qualitätssicherung machen Überlegungen notwendig wie: Lässt sich lebenslanges Lernen überhaupt didaktisieren? Brauchen wir eine Didaktikfolgenabschätzung? Sind Erwachsene nich…
Wann gilt Weiterbildungspolitik als erfolgreich? Was können Politik und andere Weiterbildungsakteure tun, damit Weiterbildungspolitik gelingt? Die Autorin weist auf alte und neue Risiken hin und legt Voraussetzungen und Bedingungen für den Erfolg dar.
The German „Bundesanstalt für Arbeit“ runs a comprehensive system of advisory programmes not only for unemployed persons, but also for working persons interested in further professional training, special programmes for disabled persons as well as for employers. With the multiplying „factors of uncertainty“ the demand for information about current developments on the labour market is increasing. In addition to traditional forms of consultancy the job centres are building up several computer bas…
In this article, terms and the state of research on adult numeracy are compiled in a systematic way. The findings and theories are selected according to their relation to the German-language discourse of adult education and at the same time embedded in a historical context as well as in international discourse. Many recent findings confirm Jean Lave’s approach in that numeracy differs from school mathematics in the high relevance of rules of thumb and estimates as well as in less formal procedu…
Participation in continuing higher education has various perspectives particularly with regard to lifelong learning. By arrangements in the field of continuing higher education, universities need to react to changing learning and educational biographies as well as to enable prospects in the context of lifelong learning. An important aspect belonging to this is the transfer of knowledge. Based on the definition of influencing factors on transfer of knowledge by von Krogh and Köhne, the system of…
The article describes the project „Deutscher Bildungsserver“ which is working as a meta-server to supply users with an information system of relevant data in the field of education, adult and further education. The internet is offering big quantities of information and the chance to build up complex documents. Both make it more difficult to select and evaluate information. The „Deutscher Bildungsserver“ incorporates information critically bringing it into an order making it easier for users to …
