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The present discourse in further education is recurringly concerned with cultures, systems and networks. Karin Dollhausen aims at furthering this discussion by drawing a neat line of definition between these crucial terms under the aspect of the sociology of organisations. She goes on to explain what each of the terms does or should mean for public institutions of further education: »culture« – seen as the system of relationships within an organisation – sharpens the view of internal communicat…
Keeping an eye on the practice of management in further education institutions, the observer will encounter a rich variety of changing management strategies. Johannes Hartkemeyer, himself director of a Volkshochschule, scrutinizes past crazes and sets up guidelines for dealing with ever-changing fashions on the one hand, and organisational development on the other hand. His advice is to be a »learning organisation«, watch out for »mental models« of the organisation in a permanent process of ref…
At first sight, Ortfried Schäffter’s thesis looks trivial: a »pedagogical« organisation is an organisation that concentrates on focussing the interplay of all its energies on the success of its specific – namely, pedagogical – work. Examined more carefully, however, this means that a pedagogical organisation is one that furthers learning. Its success cannot be measured in terms of numbers of charges taken care of, duration of care, or hours spent in caregiving or counselling, nor i…
Looking at persons and at those active in organisations has forever been in the focus of psychological research on organisations. Monika Kil draws attention to the fact that pedagogical psychology, cognitive psychology and social psychology can also contribute towards a structuring of further education institutions that is conducive to learning. Developing a »learning culture « is one aspect of this. A review of further developments and findings opens up new dimensions for a discourse on organi…
Federal law as envisaged in the socalled Hartz paper provides for the introduction of education vouchers. Is political education concerned? Against this background, the author explores funding structures of political education on the federal as well as on the Länder plane, of municipalities and foundations. Her verdict is disenchanting: many institutions of political education, especially the very small ones, are facing their end. This is corroborated by two statements of experts from the field…
Taking demographical development as a starting point, Turek identifies functions of political education. It should help to avoid the »clash of generations «. Demographical change, however, is only one of several trends: the change from modern industrial society towards a transnational technological society calls for a new »contract across generations«. Political education initialises a future-oriented selfremodelling of society and thus becomes an investment into its human resource…
R. Jermann presents eduQua, a label that certifies certain basic standards for further education institutions in Switzerland. eduQua aims at securing and furthering the quality of further education institutions by way of the setting of basic standards, at identifying a basis for administrative decisions (certified institutions may apply for grants), and at improving transparence in the education market.
Treier stellt das Projekt „RAG Online-Learning“ in Essen (ehemals Ruhrkohle AG) vor, das vor allem auf Grund einer kontinuierlich durchgeführten Evaluation von allgemeinem Interesse ist. Aus den Ergebnissen der Evaluation lassen sich wesentliche Anforderungen an netzbasierte Bildungsplattformen ablesen.
Was ist der geeignete Weg zur Vermittlung von Arbeitslosen? JOB-AQTIV-Gesetz und Querelen um die Vermittlungsstatistik halten die Diskussion in der Öffentlichkeit in Atem. Es gibt gute Ansätze: Memmert beschreibt den „individuellen Bildungsplan“ als eine Möglichkeit mit vielen guten Antworten.
Doris Herrmann war Unternehmensberaterin bei Kienbaum Management Consultans im Bereich Bildung und Wissenschaft. Sie begleitete Hochschulen und Weiterbildungseinrichtungen bei Reorganisationsprozessen. Demnächst wird sie bei der Akkreditierungsagentur AQAS in Bonn Begutachtungsverfahren für die neuen Studiengänge Bachelor und Master koordinieren. Auf die Frage, was Bildungseinrichtungen von der Wirtschaft lernen können, macht sie für vier Bereiche erheblichen Veränderungsbedarf aus: Professiona…
