An Entwicklungsaufgaben fehlt es nicht

With this article, the author (of the Institute of International Cooperation, an institution within the German Adult Education Association, IIZ/DVV) opens up a readers’ discussion in this publication on the subject of education and the EU extension. In his article, an overview of the points of discussion is given. After the breakdown of the socialist societies in the middle and Eastern European countries, educational facilities suffered a severe loss of authority. This has only partly been ba…

Gespräch Keine Chance für engen Nutzenkalkül

Stichwort Kosten - Konten - Kommissionen

Einleitendes und aktuelles zur inhaltlichen Verklammerung der drei Begriffe.

Ist der expansive Trend gebrochen?

The latest number of the Berichtssystem Weiterbildung (»Further Education Report System«) of the Federal Ministry for Education and Research marks a trend reversal: whereas in the last periods under review an increase in the attendance of further education courses was to be observed, currently attendance is regressive by five percent points – particularly in general further education. The author presumes that one reason for this is education’s focussing on the labour market perspective, an atti…

Informationsplattform für Nutzer, Anbieter, Forschende

The article describes the project „Deutscher Bildungsserver“ which is working as a meta-server to supply users with an information system of relevant data in the field of education, adult and further education. The internet is offering big quantities of information and the chance to build up complex documents. Both make it more difficult to select and evaluate information. The „Deutscher Bildungsserver“ incorporates information critically bringing it into an order making it easier for users to …

Von der Angebots- zur Nachfrageorientierung

The article points out the need and the direction of changes in points of view, the planning and the character of programmes, the role of teachers and the organizational structures regarding the further development of the German Adult Education Institute „Volkshochschule“. Schneider identifies development processes towards a customer-oriented institution as balancing out different interests of different learners, clients and cooperation partners, and education management as a new competence of …

Weiterbildung per Mausklick

In contrast to the enthusiastically propagated possibilities of e-commerce and telelearning, searching the net for a telelearning course which meets the individual needs can be time-consuming and frustrating. In 1997, the CNC-Zentrum Hamburg in cooperation with the European Commission and the City of Hamburg thus set up the project „Bildungsforum Hamburg“ as a regional virtual market place for fur ther education. Project leader Laila Meyer presents the interactive platform for information, disc…

Kongress der American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE) und der Vereinigung der amerikanischen Professoren der Erwachsenenbildung (CPAE) vom 13. bis 17.10.1999 in San Antonio/USA

Dohmen berichtet über neue Entwicklungstrends und Zukunftsperspektiven der Erwachsenenbildung in der USA.

Paradigmenwechsel

The market for distance education of adults is experiencing a change of paradigm that has serious consequences on the financial structure of private schools for distance learning. The article sketches the chances and risks of this development: on the one hand the internet offers new possibilities in the form of net-based training concepts (NBT), on the other hand free of charge courses on the internet could cause the financial collapse of distance schools. The author gives reasons why this is n…

Finanzierung Neuer Selbständigkeit

The author is a freelance teacher, coach and adviser in the field of further education. In her article she reports the experiences she made with the financing of her independent business activities. Referring to the four marketing items “product – placing – promotion – price” she describes the essential skills and strategies necessary to establish successfully with a freelance job in adult education.