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The author has collected self-reports of functional illiterates and questioned them on their “joy potential“. Three qualitatively set up analyses of the 1990s serve as sources. The contribution shows that the participation in literacy courses can cause a significant increase of self-confidence by overcoming experiences of deficit. The experience of attention and support is seen as encouraging and it contributes considerably to take over responsibility for one’s own life.
On national and international level, a number of alternative financing models for lifelong learning processes are being discussed: self financing by the learners, individual income transfer assurance systems, individual education bonus systems, state funding oder financing by companies or fonds. The author describes the different models recommending mixed cooperative forms for the German educational system.
Case-based learning with videos is regarded as a promising way to promote the analytical abilities of teaching staff as a basis for their professional actions. For that purpose, the competence to assess and diagnose situations of learning and instruction is crucial, i.e., especially the ability to apply conceptual knowledge to pedagogical cases and to take teacher as well as learner perspectives into account. The article reports on the results of an experimental field intervention study aimed t…
Bildungspolitik, insbesondere Weiterbildungspolitik, erlebt in den letzten Jahren national wie international einen neuen Aufschwung. Die Renaissance der Bildungspolitik ist eng verbunden mit einer gesellschaftlichen wie auch ökonomischen Notwendigkeit, die Konkurrenzfähigkeit im globalen Wettbewerb ebenso wie gesellschaftliche Integration und Partizipation umschließt. Die Beiträge des vorliegenden Heftes kreisen um die Frage, wo die Schwerpunkte und innovativen Aspekte der (Weiter-)Bildungspoli…