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Constructive approaches to the EQF and DQR - Basic and advanced certificate model for further education teachers This article presents a specific qualifications framework for the sector of further education, consisting of a two-stage model (basic and advanced certificates). This touches on the discussion about the EQF and DQR as a motivation and opportunity for the professionalisation of further education. The model takes up examples from Austria and Switzerland and is aligned toward prelimi…
Looking ahead: On Challenges, Paths and Goals Interview with the incumbent editors The interview with the founding editors ended with predictions for the future of REPORT. More online- communication, increasing internationalisation, a stronger shift towards empirical research and a committed specialist discourse were the principal key words. These are taken up in the discussions and addressed from the perspectives of the incumbent publishers. Martin Beyersdorf (M.B.) and Rüdiger Rhein (R.R.…
Seit Einführung des Lernerorientierten Qualitätsmodells in der Weiterbildung (LQW) im Jahr 2000 arbeiten etwa 560 Bildungsorganisationen nach LQW und sind dabei, ihre Qualität kontinuierlich zu verbessern. Das Modell fordert sie auf, ihre Qualitätsmaßnahmen in einem Selbstreport – eine Art Qualitätshandbuch – gemäß den Anforderungen darzulegen. Dieser Selbstreport wird von zwei externen Gutachter/inne/n begutachtet, die sich in einer daran anschließenden Visitation von der Qualität vor Ort über…
Habit, social milieus and the quality of life, learning and teaching The contribution highlights the topic quality in adult education from the perspective of Bourdieu’s theory of the habit and the on this building concept of social milieus. Thereby attention is drawn to some aspects neglected in the discussion that are of special interest to the social actors and the ”theory of practice” which derives from them: the learners, the practical processes on the organisational level and the que…
Reflections on the current quality debate from a subject scientific perspective The subject scientific theory perspective presented in this contribution makes learning actions from the viewpoint of the learning subjects a subject of discussion. Learning is thereby not composed as a dependent variable of teaching, but as subjective justified acting, that is based on interests, needs and sensitivities which are developed by the learners against the background of societal significance constella…
Critical adult education Adult education in the horizon of contemporary societal criticism The essay contacts basic lines of the early critical theory in order to connect it with power analytical surveys on neoliberal restructuring of education. Foucaults analytics of power serves as a guide to decipher the current self-organisation discourse in adult education as part of a power-knowledge-complex. Thereby the present reform strategies manifest themselves as gouvernemental arrangements for …
In dem Beitrag werden aktuelle Standpunkte und Projekte zur Qualitätstestierung in der Weiterbildung skizziert und diskutiert. Im Anschluss werden bildungspoltische Trends - zunehmende Ökonomisierung der gesamten Weiterbildung - herausgestellt und allgemeine Schlussfolgerungen - die Vernetzung unterschiedlich ausgerichteter qualitätspolitischer Initiativen - gezogen.
