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Artelt, Cordula; Moschner, Barbara (Hrsg.): Lernstrategien und Metakognition. 2005

Rieß, Werner/Apel, Heino (Hrsg.): Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung. 2006

Schüßler, Ingeborg/Thurnes, Christian M.: Lernkulturen in der Weiterbildung. 2005

Kraus, Katrin: Vom Beruf zur Empoyability? 2006

Voesgen, Hermann (Hrsg.): Brückenschläge. 2006

Demographischer Wandel als Herausforderung für kommunale Bildungseinrichtungen

The demographic development in Germany will lead to the society servicing more older people than younger people. Against this background the contribution shows in which way institutions of communal adult education are called upon for developing specific offers that consider the different educational requirements and educational necessities of a very heterogeneous age group. By means of examples from the work at adult evening classes (Volkshochschulen) the author clarifies how contents, teaching…

Zukunftsperspektiven der Hochschulen in der Gesellschaft des langen Lebens

The German Society for Promotion of Research at Old Age (Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Forschung im Alter – DGFFA) wants to give an impulse for the intensification of the discussion on those aspects of the demographic change, to which the universities/colleges would need to devote themselves to in due time, if they strive to consolidate their future viability in a society of lifelong learning. The presented suggestions in this contribution are components of a position paper that a wor…

Betriebliche Weiterbildung für ältere Arbeitnehmer/innen

There are only a few studies on the scale and structure of on-the-job-training for elder employees. This article provides basic results using data of the IAB-Establishment-Panel. In addition to human capital theory we try to explain the firm behaviour considering rational choice theory, which allows non-economic explications. After introducing descriptive statistics, the authors test the assumption whether a positive (negative) attitude towards elderly leads to more (less) training. Results ind…

Hochaltrigkeit und Pflege zu Hause als Herausforderung für die Weiterbildung

Education for elderly people has continuously increased in significance against the background of demographic developments. Primarily the group of the “young old“ has been in the centre of scientific exploration and practical educational work. For a long time the theme old age has been shielded. The author shows development lines and blind spots of old age research and old age education and pleads for a re-orientation of the educational approach in the context of relatives care. Thereby she foc…