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This report deals with the significance of the competence model for requirements of daily money management, which was developed in the project "CurVe". It particularly stresses the programme development in the field of financial literacy. In conclusion, the challenges of establishing financial literacy as part of the programme literacy and basic education are outlined.
Economic standard education is increasingly criticised for its unworldliness, imbalance and rashness. The article investigates possible effects and the social meaning of this condition: Does is support sightless market credibility, which is visible in the public opinion during the past decades? Which criteria play a role? The article pursues these issues by working out essential connections between strategies for influencing the public opinion from a historic perspective on the one hand, and sc…
The article refers to the demand for adult economic literacy as well as its objectives. Present demands require intensification. These demands are evident in the behaviour of educational consumers and providers, and even more so in the social expectations expressed by all relevant groups. The text concludes with a reference to the particular public responsibility to provide suitable programmes.
Who are the key players in the field of adult economic literacy? How can continuing education programmes be characterised e.g. from a thematic and content-related perspective? Based on findings gained in a survey on the current programme situation conducted by the DIE, the article provides an overview of the German landscape.
The author addresses the assessment of adult economic competences. He also provides a short but critical overview of different approaches to measuring these competences.
Various needs and requirements need to be taken into account for developing urban educational spaces. At the same time, the demand for cooperation between educational and cultural institutions creates obvious and concealed competition between educational and cultural planners. Based on a scientific project support, this article provides guidance on the causes and handling of potential competition.
This report examines the possible input of higher education institutions for developing the local education landscape. The education landscape in Biberach and the local college serve as an example for creating a regional education landscape in cooperation with public and industrial partners.
The article presents the European development of new learning centres as well as educational and cultural centres, in which adult education institutions and libraries continue to merge. The author depicts three examples of these new institutions, which are increasingly becoming an element of educational urban development.
The paper discusses the significance of lifelong learning as a foundation for sustainable development at a local level, explores the UNESCO concept of a learning city, and highlights the importance of sustaining the process of building learning cities.
