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Based on several contemporary international impulses on national educational policy, the article discusses the interaction of management and educational research, particularly indicator-aided educational reporting. First, the author scans the relevance and weaknesses of international interventions. In the light of national self-determination of educational issues, he stresses the significance of national educational reporting as well as the consideration of federal structure and regional levels…
Educational institutes have always been seen as needing to cooperate: this idea first took shape in education acts and is now increasingly being applied to lifelong learning. In practice, however, there are many arguments against cooperation at institutes of continuing education, not least as it can create unwanted situations of rivalry among the cooperating institutes. To develop models which will help guide schools on issues of cooperation better, further research is required: What advantage…
Der Band stellt Positionen, Projekte und Perspektiven zur Qualitätssicherung in der Weiterbildung vor. In Zukunft wird es darum gehen, die Phase der "Annäherung" an Qualitätskonzepte und der Auseinandersetzung mit ihnen hinter sich zu lassen sowie bei den Weiterbildungsinstitutionen eine Entwicklung von spezifisch erwachsenenbildungsbezogener Qualität zu unterstützen und umzusetzen. Dass die Voraussetzungen dafür gegeben sind, zeigen die Beiträge dieser Dokumentation der "Fachtagung Qualitätss…
The staff in adult and continuing education is the most important factor for a high quality and demand-oriented development of training courses and their effective implementation. However, there existed only insufficient data and information on these persons. For the first time, the wb-personalmonitor now provides data on demographics, employment situation, living conditions, job profiles, qualifications as well as job related attitudes for the staff in adult and continuing education. Thus, the…
Seen before the backdrop of adult education being a necessary moral practice, the limited presence of ethical reflections in research and practice on adult education may surprise. This article aims at presenting an overview of pondering on such questions in recent years. Due to the small number of contributions to this issue, the author will include international and school related research as well. Thus, the article will open the view for innovative research aspects and projects stimulating …
The textbook provides an introduction to the field of education of older adults and lifelong learning. Coming from an interdisciplinary field of research related to ageing, learning abilities and learning needs of older adults are discussed. Additionally, adequate forms of learning and educational arrangements are presented. A special focus lies upon the correlation between competencies and age, taking into account diverse living conditions and biographies. Thus, the textbook offers impulses to…
In Krisenmanagement und Integration, Band 2 wird aus vier Jahrzehnten Forschungs-, Bildungs- und Politikpraxis das Krisen-Management-Interaktionsmodell zum Lernprozess Krisenverarbeitung als komplementären 3-Schritte-Prozess der von Krisen schon und noch nicht betroffenen Menschen vorgestellt. Die Autorin fokussiert den Paradigmenwechsel visionär in den Komplementär-Thesen (individuell und kollektiv): Krisen - Herausforderung und verborgener Reichtum; Krisen-Management gesellschaftliche Schlüss…
Following Piaget and recent research on psychodynamics, the author establishes theses on distinctively suitable adult learning. She recapitulates essential theses from her book »Zur Konstruktion des Erwachsenen« (On the Structure of Adults) and refines them with regard to autonomy as a learning incentive. The author believes that learning processes, which are characteristic for adults, occur mainly when old structures are overcome and learning procedures are modified. The learning incentive is…
Dieses Wörterbuch bündelt das gegenwärtige Wissen über Erwachsenenbildung. Es enthält Stichworte zu den Themenfeldern Didaktik und Methodik, Forschung und Wissenschaft, Geschichte und Entwicklung, Lernen und Erfahrung, Organisation und Profession, Politik und Recht sowie Theorien und Konzepte. Die über 300 alphabetisch geordneten Stichworte wurden jeweils von ausgewiesenen Autoren nach dem neuesten Stand der Diskussion verfasst. Das Wörterbuch Erwachsenenbildung richtet sich an Studierende, Na…
System reflexive evaluation of networks and network programmes A methodological perspective To contextualise and substantiate evaluation is a claim which the evaluation of the programme „Learning Regions – Providing Support for Networks” of the Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) formulates. But which basic approaches and proceedings are suitable to consolidate the item `networks` with suitable theoretical complexity and methodologically reflective evaluation? In this contr…
