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Teacher training responds to the PISA results with professional qualification of the teaching staff in the areas of deficiency (language and reading competence, mathematical-scientific knowledge, competence in diagnosis and support). Apart from that it must also help school as a system to evolve in manifold ways (obligatory training, school autonomy, staff development, co-operation of schools in matters of instruction, systematical planning of training measures).
2009 hat Deutschland die UN-Konvention über die Rechte von Menschen mit Behinderungen ratifiziert und sich dazu verpflichtet, ein inklusives Bildungssystem zu gewährleisten. Für die deutsche Erwachsenenbildung öffnet sich damit ein Handlungsfeld, das meist von der Behindertenhilfe beackert wurde und wird. Zugleich stellt dies die Erwachsenenbildung vor große Herausforderungen: Das Heft beschäftigt sich auf den Ebenen von System, Organisation und Didaktik mit den Anforderungen des Inklusionsgebo…
Organisation and growth of the continuing training market is increasingly taking place within the private economic sector. There also is increasing reporting coverage of continuing training in accordance with the significance of lifelong learning for societal participation and the retention of occupational competences. In order to enable an accurate picture of the situation and developments of providers of general and vocational education and training to be given, it would be useful to have a k…
Educational focus group surveys. Practical experiences from the Wesermarsch district When planning educational measures, education providers in structurally weak areas need to take into account regional peculiarities and potential course participants. For this reason, in a project in the district of Wesermarsch, the instrument of a focus group survey was used to determine people’s educational needs. This article describes the method used and experiences gained, and how the results were impl…
Das Handeln und Entscheiden von Praktiker/innen/n der Erwachsenenbildung kann (und muss) nicht nur im Blick auf die Qualität ihrer Dienstleistungen, sondern auch unter ethischen Gesichtspunkten betrachtet werden. Folgt man John Erpenbeck (2010), so sind ethische Fragen in mehrfacher Hinsicht bedeutsam für die Erwachsenenbildung. Sie betreffen u.a. den moralischen Gehalt des in der Erwachsenenbildung vermittelten und erworbenen Wissens und Könnens, das moralische Verhalten der Lehrenden und Lern…
Despite a relatively similar education system, the way how people can get a qualification for adult and continuing education is different in Germany and Switzerland. Germany has established an academic track within educational sciences with the focus on planning and management. Switzerland follows a vocational track with a basic qualification for teaching adults that could be extended by qualifications within the vocational system for positions in planning and management. This paper analyses th…
Im Motto »Reisen bildet« trifft eine pädagogische Binsenweisheit auf einen Slogan der Tourismusindustrie. In unserem Sommerheft fragen wir genauer nach: Unter welchen Bedingungen hat eine Reise ein bildendes Potenzial? Welche Kompetenzen lassen sich auf Reisen erwerben? Es spricht einiges dafür, dass gerade das individuelle Reisen neben der organisierten Bildungsreise ein Potenzial hat, das unter den Vorzeichen des lebenslangen Lernens eine vertiefte Betrachtung verdient.
In the recent years, the effectiveness of training teacher has become a big subject in empirical educational research. In this paper, an exploratory interview study (N?= 3) will be presented, in which the graduates of a general educational teacher training report on the effectiveness of the program. The study examines the question about the impact of the teachers who participated in the General Education Teacher Training. The teaching action here is conceptualized as part of the field of teache…
The article studies the image of adults behind the concept of lifelong learning. Educational policy documents are studied, which substantiate strategies of lifelong learning on a global, European and national level. Papers issued by the UNESCO, OECD, EU-Commission and Federal/State Commission for Educational Planning and Research Promotion (Bund-Länder-Kommission – BLK) rarely explicitly include adults. The adult is – if included at all – outlined as a working person, as a citizen and as a resp…
Changes in the managerial staff of (educational) organizations bring about times of transition with multiple challenges. How can members of the staff be prepared to assume leadership positions? How can new personnel be found and attracted to stay? How can the induction period and the effective transfer of knowledge be organized? To successfully meet all these challenges, a forward-looking strategy is needed, which can be used as groundwork for concrete measures regarding managerial changes. Thi…
