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Modern society has widely been characterized as an information society, in that the possession of information (or rather knowledge) is seen as the predominant factor for success. But information is volatile: the need to replace or update obsolete information becomes ever more pressing, as technological and scientific development moves on. This, however, happens in the context of a compartmentalization of society into a sector of successful, flexible individuals on the one hand and a sector of t…
Lifelong Learning, being one of the key issues of the Bologna Process, aims at horizontal and vertical permeability of interdependent education systems in order to be accessible to many target groups. Hence, the recognition and crediting of qualifications achieved outside of the academic realm has become increasingly more important. Despite numerous efforts within the past 10 years national standards regarding this issue are not sufficiently developed at this point. The comparison of the dif…
Demographic change renders basic skills important at an increasingly older age. Among them, skills in financial matters are becoming increasingly rele- vant. The skills measured in PIAAC and CiLL represent comprehensive cognitive abilities which can be seen as the basis for successful participation in social and economic life. Based on a secondary analysis, this paper shows that financial prac- tices remain for older people, although their numeracy skills proficiency lower than those of younger…
Die Begriffe Qualifikation und Kompetenz unterliegen seit einigen Jahren einem Bedeutungswandel. Die Beiträge in diesem Heft zeigen aber, dass es um mehr geht als um unterschiedliche Begriffe. Sie behandeln u. a. Themen wie das Lernen im sozialen Umfeld, Kompetenzentwicklung im vernetzten Umfeld, innovative Handlungsmodelle für Kompetenzentwicklung in deutschen Unternehmen, künftig notwendige Qualifikationen und neuartige Ansätze in der beruflichen Weiterbildung und Grundsätzliches zu den Begri…
Der Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit der Frage, welche Qualifikationen und Kompetenzen Arbeitskräfte für die Bewältigung von Arbeitslosigkeit und der häufig mit ihr verbundenen Notwendigkeit einer beruflichen Neuorientierung benötigen.
