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In-company further education causes direct and indirect costs that can be divided up between employers and employees in different ways. The article provides an overview of a number of financing models of in-company further education, presenting empirical results of various surveys conducted in enterprises. Not only range of and participation in further education is dealt with, but also the height and composition of further education costs, the timing of qualifying measures, employees’ paying a …
Wie können Studienergebnisse wie PIAACund LEOdie Praxis der Grundbil¬dungsarbeit unterstützen? Warum hat die PIAAC-Studie im Gegensatz zur LEO-Studie bisher weniger durchdringen können? Und welche Rolle spielen Netzwerkarbeit, Finanzierungsstrukturen und der Dialog zwischen Wissenschaft und Praxis für die Weiterentwicklung von Grundbildungsangeboten? Hierüber sprach Ewelina Mania (DIE) mit Lisa Göbel, Referentin und Projektmanagerin beim Verband der Volkshochschulen von Rheinland-Pfalz e.V. u.a…
The article illustrates a heuristic model that describes the multidimensional interdisciplinary social phenomena of functional illiteracy in a clearly arranged way. To implement professional literacy programmes that match the different target groups, scientific findings about educational deprivation, life circumstances and barriers to equal participation in connection with low literacy skills are to be arranged in a proper order. One result of the research project “HABIL” is the development of …
Development of personality competence and central further education barriers in social milieus Presented are partial results of a current Germany-wide empirical qualitative analysis in which the social and regional differentiation of adult education interests and adult education behaviour in the tradition of milieu research are ascertains and interpreted. On the basis of three social ambiences the development of personality competence and typical further education barriers are introduced.
This volume aims at the description, the analysis and the explanation of cultural/arts education for adults. It conveys insights into the field through the lens of interdisciplinary theoretical approaches to the arts, to culture and to transculturality and links them to reflections and empirical findings from the adult education discipline, in particular in the areas of programme analysis. Through this we attempt to inspire further research and theory-building on cultural/arts education for adu…
