Bildung bis ins hohe Alter?

Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Lebenslangen Lernen zeigen, dass die Weiterbildungsbeteiligung im höheren Alter nachlässt. Damit geraten Anspruch und Wirklichkeit einer „Bildung für Ältere“ in Widerspruch. Einerseits ist Bildung für die Selbstverwirklichung des Individuums, aber auch für die Wissensproduktion in Organisationen und letztlich für die Bewältigung des demografischen Wandels bedeutsam. Andererseits aber beteiligen sich nur wenige ältere Menschen an Weiterbildung. Wie ein Ausweg…

[Kade, Sylvia: Selbstorganisiertes Alter. 2001]

Zu zeitlichen und inneren Anfängen von Erwachsenenbildung

Lottmann, Ralf: Bildung im Alter. 2013

[Evers, Ralf: Alter - Bildung - Religion. 1999]

Lifelong Learning: Perceptions Collected through the “Age-friendly Cities” Method in the Neighborhood of Mooca, São Paulo (Brazil)

In 2015, a report led by the mentors of the World Health Organization Age-friendly cities program, proposed a review of the concept of active aging, including, alongside the three pillars (health, security and participation), lifelong learning, both as formal education (access to grade and diplomas), and in their informal dimension (when learning take places in daily life or in leisure activities). This study aims to analyze if the question of lifelong learning was raised and what the salient t…

Berufliche Kompetenzen von Geflüchteten erkennen? Exemplarische Befunde zur Kompetenzmessung im Bereich der Metallbearbeitung und Metallverarbeitung

The IdA KompetenzCheck represents a scientifically developed test procedure for measuring non-formally and informally acquired competences and for evaluating competences in relation to German occupations. As part of the IdA KompetenzCheck, testees are confronted with an occupational profile’s typical fields of action. Multiple action-oriented questions concerning each field of action are presented in order to determine the corresponding level of competence. The IdA KompetenzCheck allows for tes…

„Du kannst doch MEHR!“ – Studierfähigkeit als Bewertungskriterium im Hochschulzugang

The paper tackles the issue of procedures for the validation of competences, which are used in the tertiary education sector in order to evaluate an individual’s study ability on the basis of his/her vocational qualifications. This contested terrain will be explored by means of the University of Hamburg’s validation procedure (the so-called Eingangsprüfungsverfahren, §38 HmbHG). The focus of interest will be put on a qualitative reconstruction of individual decision-making processes during thes…

AiKomPass – Ein Instrument zur Sichtbarmachung informellen Lernens in der Metall- und Elektroindustrie

AiKomPass is a web-based tool to make informal and non-formal competences within the electrical and metal industries visible. It is based on an interview study with potential users and a task inventory, which covers tasks of work areas like process planning, production, maintenance and logistics within production processes. The tool itself was developed within a participative design process. It enables employees and people in search of employment to self-assess their ability to fulfil working t…

Die individuelle Nutzenwahrnehmung aus dem summativen Validierungsverfahren der Weiterbildungsakademie Österreich im Spiegel struktureller und individueller Professionalisierung

This article presents the results of a recent online survey of graduates of the Austrian Academy of Continuing Education. Methodically, the survey’s results on benefit items are interpreted and answers to open questions are analyzed by qualitative content analyses. Empirical findings are subject to an interpretation using concepts of professionalization and the political agenda of validation of informal and non-formal learning. An important finding is, that WBA enhances individual professionali…