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Organization and Participants – Development of the instrument [OrTe] to evaluate expectations regarding teaching, learning, and organization in further education Most of the quality management procedures in continuing education require participant surveys. The perusal of 72 questionnaires in the field of continuing education practice showed that they are mostly related to the participants’ satisfaction with their teachers and the organisation of the course. When those questionnaires’ results…
This article presents the findings of a research project on structure and change in continuing education in Bremen, set out as a longitudinal analysis of selected years between 1979 and 2006. At the level of the continuing education system as a whole, the author identifies a certain structural stability evident from the fact that despite a growth in the number of market-oriented providers from 1996 to 2006, their competition – providers under public law – retained its structural influence on th…
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.
Using the crisis-ridden Afghanistan as an example the authors show the importance of adult und continuing education for the positive development of a conflict region. By strengthening the employability of young people in transition from school to university or professional life it helps preventing frustration, aggression and violence – and thus also the emergence of new conflicts.
European migration happens predominantly within the European member states. It is influenced by the target countries‘ work and social systems. In this context, Germany is the most important immigration country, which is confronted by new fields of activity in continuing education generated by the international influx of refugees.
The German Institute for Adult Education (Deutsches Institut für Erwachsenenbildung) in Bonn annually publishes this continuing training statistics, in which data from five large organizations of general and political further training are summarized. The commentated tables contain numerous illustrations to the legal form, personnel, financing and meeting profiles of the training organizations involved.
Continuing digitalisation is a macrosocial phenomenon – dealing with it is a macrosocial task. For the educational field, it does not only concern a change of teaching-learning situations due to digital media but also the issue of contributing to the changing situation - without excluding certain groups. According to the author, the issue of digitalisation does not allow federal disputes and segment-specific separation of educational areas.
Die Open-Access-Reihe für Arbeitsergebnisse aus dem DIE: Unter dem Label DIE RESULTATE aus Forschung und Entwicklung erscheinen wissenschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge sowie Berichte aus DIE-Forschungsprojekten. Die „Mikropublikationen“ richten sich an Forschende, Studierende und Menschen, die in der Erwachsenen- und Weiterbildung tätig sind, aber auch an bildungspolitische Akteurinnen und Akteure. Sie tragen zum Wissenstransfer sowie zur Kompetenz- und Qualitätsentwicklung im Feld der Erwachsene…
Continuing higher education: International comparison of organisation and business areas While the relevance of lifefelong learning is growing internationally and is reflected in a changing and growing range of programme and course structures, German continuing higher education (CHE) institutions are unable to use this increased relevance to strengthen their own positions. An international comparison of CHE in six countries shows that types of organisation, responsibilities and the range of…
