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The author certifies the integration courses for immigrants, which were launched at the beginning of this year, a false start. The responsible Federal Agency allegedly operates with delusive numbers of started courses; the approval procedures are supposed to be too lengthy and the implementation for the sponsor of language courses is allegedly unprofitable. This is supposed to apply intensified to the 30 hour long orientation course, where hardly any direct payers can be expected. Especially t…
Die Arbeitsbedingungen in der öffentlich finanzierten, außerbetrieblichen beruflichen Weiterbildung im Geltungsbereich des SGB II/III sind prekär. Wie diese Arbeitsbedingungen verbessert werden können, legt der Autor, Branchenkoordinator Weiterbildung bei der ver.di-Bundesverwaltung, anhand eines Blicks auf den Mindestlohn-Tarifvertrag Weiterbildung und weitere tarifpolitische Optionen dar.
Die Frage des Nachweises informell und non-formal erworbener Kompetenzen wird gerade auch im Zuge des Fachkräftemangels diskutiert. Die Autorin zeichnet nach, welche Möglichkeiten digitale Entwicklungen wie Micro-Credentials, Open Badges und Data-Wallets bieten.
The report presents first results of a study dealing with the whereabouts of former participants of literacy classes. Assuming courses of adult education have a beginning and an end, the authors pursue the phenomena of participants sojourning permanently at adult education courses. Taken data material into account, the reconstruction of possible reasons for staying in the courses finally leads to the demand for an initial consulting – analogical to the starting and learning consultation in the …
Tendencies towards individualization have led to a pluralization of situations, phases and styles of living. Disengagement with reference to course participants manifests itself in the diversification of the group of course participants as far as their life situation (vertical disengagement), life phase (temporal disengagement) and style of living (horizontal disengagement) are concerned. The concept of social milieus as an integrative approach can represent tendencies of liberation and can a…
There is growing interest in evidence-based interventions that can improve student teachers’ professional development. But how can these interventions be implemented into everyday teacher education practice by teacher educators themselves—without losing their initial, lab-tested effectiveness due to teacher educators’ practical educational autonomy? Through a quasi-experimental field study the following question is investigated: What is the impact of different degrees of educational autonomy…
Intergenerational learning can be considered as a chance for institutions of adult education. Besides explicitly planned courses for different generations, intergenerational learning opportunities also take place incidentally in the educational work in seminars and courses, when the participants belong to different age groups. In both cases, the question arises how to arrange those courses didactically in order to support intergenerational learning processes. Based on systematic considerations …
The implementation of the Law on Immigration (Zuwanderungsgesetz) is described from the perspective of institutions that up to now have dealt in an important way with German language courses for foreigners. According to the Sprachverband e.V. (German language association) in Mainz there are, at present, some obstacles blocking a reasonable planning of language instruction: Immigrants who already live in the countr y will no more be eligible for courses at reduced prices; courses for women with …
Die Ergebnisse einer internationalen Befragung zeigen auf, dass die Nutzung von KI im Bildungswesen auch unter Lehrenden weit verbreitet ist. Zugleich melden viele Lehrende Weiterbildungsbedarfe an. Was resultiert aus diesen Ergebnissen? Die Autorinnen zeigen Kernergebnisse der Studie auf und stellen anschließend die Empfehlungen der Taskforce »KI im Bildungswesen« dar.
Anerkennung und Validierung von bestehenden Kompetenzen sowie die Qualifizierung und Weiterentwicklung von berufsrelevanten Fähigkeiten und Fertigkeiten sind bei der Bewältigung des Fachkräftemangels von großer Bedeutung. Die Autorin lotet die zentrale Stellung von Weiterbildungen aus und betont, dass die effektive Verzahnung von Beratungs-, Anerkennungs- und Validierungsinfrastrukturen ein wichtiges Mittel in der Fachkräftegewinnung und -sicherung ist.
