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In the form of a review, the author outlines the history of how cooperation has been achieved and imposed in the field of continuing education. He distinguishes between cooperation as an intervention and as an exchange, and between proclamatory, hierarchical and participative cooperation. The structure of the network is presented as way to boost cooperation, and is studied to identify risks and key success factors.
Equality of professional and academic education? Results of comparisons according to the “Oldenburger Anrechnungsmodell” It is intended to strengthen the permeability of the educational system by taking into account professional qualifications for academic studies. The article describes an appropriate instrument, developed as a model project, to measure levels of learning units which is being used for comparisons between professional and academic qualifications.
Works councils handle many conflicts. This article pursues the issue how works councils acquire knowledge and competences for dealing with various conflict settings and the significance of programmes in educational institutions for work councils. To pursue the question, the author connects her research findings on learning in work conflicts to the development in practical institutional education for works councils.
Facing todays technological development, one of the central issues further education has to deal with is how to support employees in handling the changes their work activities are subjected to and in shaping these changes. Six company case studies were conducted in logistics and in stationary retailing in order to understand how work activities change on the operative level and what effects might be observed regarding the employees’ competence development. Based on a subject-related approach th…
Was verstehen Forschung und Praxis der Erwachsenen- und Weiterbildung unter Digitalisierung? Unter Rückgriff auf Ergebnisse des Kooperationsprojekts »PODium« arbeitet der Autor unterschiedliche Dimensionen des Begriffsverständnisses heraus und zeigt, wie diese Dimensionen von der Praxis während der aktuellen Corona-Pandemie aufgegriffen wurden.
Die in der Pädagogik aufzufindende Gegenüberstellung vom »unfertigen« Kind und dem erwachsenem, »fertigen« Lehrer trifft für die Erwachsenenbildung nicht zu. Nicht zuletzt das Konzept »Lebenslanges Lernen« zeigt, dass sich kein Endpunkt des Lernens bestimmen lässt; alle Menschen sind nach diesem Verständnis also jederzeit »unfertig« – auch die Lehrenden selbst. Wie gehen Erwachsenenpädagoginnen und -pädagogen mit dieser »Unfertigkeit« professionell um?
Learning Centres als spezifische Organisationsformen haben das Potenzial, integrative Angebote zur Unterstützung lebenslangen Lernens bereitzustellen. Bei einem Blick auf die Entwicklungen in Europa wird eine Vielfalt von Konzepten und Initiativen sichtbar. Ziel des Bandes ist es, eine erste Übersicht über die verschiedenen europäischen Modelle zu liefern, ihre Einbindung im jeweiligen nationalen Bildungskontext aufzuzeigen und Perspektiven für eine veränderte Lernkultur zu entwickeln. Hierzu…
Hans Georg Rosenstein describes the objectives and priorities of the renewed European Agenda for Adult Learning, which was adopted by the European Council in 2011. Both, the role of the European Commission are analyzed as well as the tools and budget for the agenda’s implementation. The article concludes with a critical classification of »Erasmus for all«, the new EU-programme for general and vocational education.
This article provides insight into the lives of active retirees whose departure from gainful working life has ushered in a new stage in their work-related development. The results of an explorative interview study with retirees working for pay or voluntarily are presented. The article in particular examines the differences between previous work and work-related activity in retirement as well as aspects relating to continuing education.
The book provides educational institutions and those active in working with refugees with long-term, practically relevant knowledge, compiled by practitioners: Sound knowledge, didactic and methodical recommendations – and useful orientation for educational work for and with people with a flight background. The complex living conditions of refugees are characterised by key aspects, especially with regard to circumstances that affect their participation in the society of the country of desti…
