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Der Artikel gibt einen historischen Abriss über die Grundlagen der Finanzierung öffentlicher Weiterbildung, die in Deutschland zu Beginn der 1970er Jahre gelegt wurden und bis heute Gültigkeit haben.
For 30 years, the author has been director of the communal adult education institute “Volkshochschule” at a middle-size town in Southern Germany. In 1998, the costs of 3 million DM were financed jointly by the town (50%), the participants of the courses (40%) and the Land Baden-Württemberg (10%). In the next three years, the "Volkshochschule" has to reduce the communal subsidy by 12%. The article deals with the financial challenges the institute faces in its new situation of competition at the …
The market for distance education of adults is experiencing a change of paradigm that has serious consequences on the financial structure of private schools for distance learning. The article sketches the chances and risks of this development: on the one hand the internet offers new possibilities in the form of net-based training concepts (NBT), on the other hand free of charge courses on the internet could cause the financial collapse of distance schools. The author gives reasons why this is n…
The rigid division between the three subsystems of continuing vocational training in Germany (continuing vocational training for employees, continuing vocational training for the unemployed, individual continuing vocational training) hinders the implementation of an integrated labour market and qualification policy. As a result an effective and efficient use of the financial means for training (combination of financing resources) is not possible.
Die Autoren untersuchen die Konzepte, die hinter den Begriffen Lernkultur und Unternehmensstruktur jeweils stehen. Dies wird zum Ausgangspunkt für den Nachweis, dass Organisationsentwicklung und Lernkultur im Sinne einer zukunftsfähigen Weiterentwicklung von Organisationen aufeinander bezogen werden müssen.
Seite und Sport in der Natur als Erlebnis- und Erholungswert auf der einen Seite. Seit Rio de Janairo vor 10 Jahren wird diese Diskussion vom Leitbild des Substainable Developments beeinflusst. Die Erlebnispädagogik muss wissenschaftliche Antworten zur Lösung dieser Konfrontation bieten.
The Northrhine-Westphalian labour ministry, in a research project carried out by the Landesinstitut für Qualifikation (State’s Institute for Qualification) in Soest, investigated what possible contribution to immigrant integration might be expected from the State’s institutions of further education. The results, laid down in the study „The contribution of further education twoards the integration of immigrants”, look like a list of shortcomings: insufficient data, an unclear market structure, a…
The implementation of the Law on Immigration (Zuwanderungsgesetz) is described from the perspective of institutions that up to now have dealt in an important way with German language courses for foreigners. According to the Sprachverband e.V. (German language association) in Mainz there are, at present, some obstacles blocking a reasonable planning of language instruction: Immigrants who already live in the countr y will no more be eligible for courses at reduced prices; courses for women with …
Care of the elderly in Germany can nowadays be guaranteed only thanks to the immigration of foreign domestic help and of foreign staff who do, however, not conform to the German job description of „Altenpfleger/in“ (specialist for old persons’ care). This tends to endanger high-quality standards in care. Further education courses directed towards an intercultural opening of old persons’ care could show a way from this dilemma: a team that consists of people from different origins can, with appr…
The essay looks at the classical ideas of the relationship between „host“ and „guest”, between the „I“ and the „Other“ from a new angle. To that end , two of the most important protagonists of contemporary French philosophy of Jewish origin are consulted. Emmanuel Levinas and his interpreter Jacques Derrida present a philosophy of hospitality which makes us think – and demands that we think, and that we act responsibly even into the far thest political consequences. Since their philosophy is fu…
