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This article focuses on continuing education for adults with a migrational background in Germany. Based on recent research findings, the authors call for a differentiated view on adults with a migrational background and point out prospects for research and practice.
This paper shows which quality standards are relevant for higher education and business perspective in the development and establishment of successful occupational studying programs. The aim is to record the expectations of universities and companies of quality in the context of continuing higher education. The level of the students is deliberately not placed in the center to allow the institutional view on cooperation. The methods used in connection with these studies are guideline-based int…
In Retrospect: On the Conception of REPORT and its Development A conversation with the founding editors The reason for this interview is REPORT’s 30-year existence. Thus, the time has come to once again recall the events and experiences in its long history. In 1978, the “Literature and Research Report Continuing Education” was published for the first time and was essentially a review journal created to give an overview of the still widely scattered and developing discipline of adult and con…
To promote intercultural opening as a key process for improving the participatory chances in continuing education for people with a background of migration, their current opportunies and boundaries need to be taken into particular consideration. Several basic arguments are discussed in this report.
Work-based training is a significant competence development tool for adult educators. The article presents study findings, which were recently developed based on a need and demand perspective. (1) Based on the data base QUA LIDAT , programmes are systematised. (2) The behaviour in continuing education of e.g teachers was surveyed in Niedersachsen.
Ahnen Building bridges, supported by further education and continuing education Transitions between education areas from an education political view The contribution analyses from an education political view how the mastery of transitions between education areas can be guided. Hereunto the author, minister of education of the state Rhineland-Palatinate, reminds of measures which were decided on in the course of this state’s presidency of the German Federal Conference of the ministers of edu…
Die Validierung non-formal und informell erworbener Kompetenzen ist schon lange Gegenstand einer Debatte, die stark von Impulsen europäischer Akteure lebt und in Deutschland besonders in der beruflichen Bildung aufgegriffen wurde. Das Heft fragt, ob und inwiefern Kompetenzvalidierung ein Thema der Erwachsenenbildung sein sollte. Wenn die Anerkennung von Kompetenzen als Empowerment erfolgt, können von Validierung auch und gerade Geflüchtete profitieren.
