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Die Dokumentation beinhaltet Zusammenfassungen der Beiträge und Diskussionen der Veranstaltung „Mehr Vergleichbarkeit in der institutionellen Weiterbildungsstatistik“ des Deutschen Instituts für Erwachsenenbildung (DIE) im April 2008. Eingeladen waren v. a. Vertreter/innen der Länder und der Weiterbildungspraxis, um Bedingungen und Ansätze der Harmonisierung von Merkmalen zur Erhebung institutioneller Strukturen, der Personal- und Finanzsituation sowie der Leistungen von Weiterbildungseinrichtu…
Ein Rückblick auf die Entscheidungen der Kultusministerkonferenz zum Thema Qualität in den 1990er Jahren und die Weichenstellungen des Ausschusses für Weiterbildung.
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…
Based on the background of selective access to further education institutions and the relevance of intercultural understanding and opening, the focus on transition processes within further education institutions will provide benefits for research and development in further education. Results from a qualitative study that was part of the LIQ project will be presented. The analysis of the interviews could be used to highlight diverse and complex aspects that influence the transition from target g…
So far, numeracy as part of basic education has only been considered peripherally in the German-speaking countries, regarding the scientific as well as the practical approaches of adult education. In this article, theoretical and conceptual lines of the discourse are linked systematically. In addition, it is argued for an extension of the discourse by including the concept of subject-oriented basic education, which is based on the concept of numeracy as social practice. Initial findings from tw…
