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Gesellschaft und Bildung brauchen einen neuen Umgang mit der Zeit: Obwohl in der beschleunigten Gesellschaft allenthalben Zeitgewinne auf Kommunikations- oder Reisewegen zu verzeichnen sind, ist der subjektiv empfundene Zeitdruck nicht gesunken, im Gegenteil. Das Heft bietet zeittheoretische, bildungstheoretische und didaktische Perspektiven von Hartmut Rosa, Peter Faulstich, Andreas Dörpinghaus, Joachim Hasebrook u. a. Stichworte aus dem Inhalt sind »Effektivität« und »Effizienz«, aber auch »M…
Competence and education, emotions and virtues The ambivalence of competence in the portfolio experience of volunteers A portfolio setting in which volunteers identify, evaluate and document their competencies acquired through voluntary work is at the same time a location of special experience with education and competence: competencies expected by the labour market and acquired in voluntary work converge with predominating notions of education. This article looks at the antagonisms and int…
Does law governing continuing education distinguish between general and vocational education? This article examines the question as to whether and in what manner applicable law governing continuing education in Germany distinguishes between general and continuing vocational education. The analysis of the historical line of development shows that this was definitely the case especially during the phase of the so-called “qualification campaign” in the 1970s and 1980s. In the present, on the ot…
