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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…
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…
In verschiedenen Beiträgen wird die Vielschichtigkeit der Perspektiven zur Bildung Älterer diskutiert.
Unter dem Gesichtspunkt des Älterwerdens lauten die zentralen Fragen in diesen Beiträgen: Wie findet die Transformation von Wissenschaft in die Berufswelt statt, welche Probleme treten auf und wie kann gemeinsam reflektiert werden?
The textbook provides an introduction to the field of education of older adults and lifelong learning. Coming from an interdisciplinary field of research related to ageing, learning abilities and learning needs of older adults are discussed. Additionally, adequate forms of learning and educational arrangements are presented. A special focus lies upon the correlation between competencies and age, taking into account diverse living conditions and biographies. Thus, the textbook offers impulses to…
The research project KLASSIK examines the question of whether it is possible to increase competencies for information processing skills of older people. To this end, training courses that serve as experimental groups, performed a special, metacognitive thinking training. In the project also included comparison groups received no training. Before the treatment a performance test and an intelligence test ensure that both groups come from the same starting conditions. After the final test an appro…
Befindet sich die Politische Erwachsenenbildung am Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts einmal mehr in der Krise? Hat der „Junge Wilde“ Karsten Rudolf mit seinem „Bericht politische Bildung“ Öl ins Feuer gegossen, das Nest beschmutzt? Gegen seine Forderungen nach mehr Nachfrageorientierung und Neutralität der Anbieter regt sich der Widerspruch der „Alten“. Aber historische Weichenstellung hin oder her: Sorgen machen vielmehr der drohende „Clash of Generations“ (Jürgen Turek) und die alltägliche Finanzno…
