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Why do senior citizens stop taking part in continuing education? The author tries to find and explain reasons, drawing on a survey regarding courses of scientific continuing education of Ulm University. One key finding is that the biggest impediments are a lack of time and other obligations.
Referring to the KOSMOS project, the article examines the significance of quality in academic continuing education, the requirements directed at quality management, and options for development in the project. The focus is on new programmes for non-traditional target groups.
Schäffter, Ortfried: Innovation consultancy in the pedagogy of adult education Institutionalisation of innovation in the organisations of extended vocational training Firstly the contribution shows to which extent an organisational theory on the pedagogy of adult education offers explanatory possiblities for an ongoing innovative structural change. Then the implicit aspect of innovation in concepts of pedagogical organisational is being expatiated and conceptually differentiated. The diffe…
Das vorliegende Handbuch soll Sie bei der Dateneingabe in die Forschungslandkarte Erwachsenenbildung/Weiterbildung unterstützen und als Nachschlagewerk dienen. Der allgemeine Teil (Kapitel 1 und 2) enthält Hintergrundinformationen zur Forschungslandkarte und Erklärungen zur Funktionsweise der Datenbank. Das Anlegen und Bearbeiten von Projekten wird in Kapitel 3 schrittweise erläutert. Im Kapitel 4 finden Sie Antworten auf mögliche Fragen.
