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This paper deals with the relation between the "effort" produced by institutions of further education for successfully realizing inter-organizational participation in networks and the "significance" of participation for the performing of the services of the institutions. A polythetic classification based on the qualitative data material is presented that allows for the differentiation between three different groups of organizations based on the relation between effort and significance. The resu…
Within vocational training, small and medium-sized enterprises are confronted with various problems and challenges. Such enterprises began to initiate and organize specific continuation education programs within networks and other forms of cooperation in order to overcome these problems. This article evaluates such business networks on the basis of an empirical qualitative study focusing on the requirements and preconditions for effective cooperations.
As means of state regulation of adult education, cooperation and networking have increasingly gained importance in recent years. Yet, deficits of such regulation have come to light. A possible response to such deficits may be found in structures which support network in their coordinating actions. This article focuses on such supportive structures, systemizes different forms of support and outlines a theoretical approach for the analysis of inter-organizational network consultation.
The author bridges the gap between culture and education by dealing with two sides of the coin. He initially observes a currently active interest in culture. Cultural education is a generally accepted objective in the field of cultural policy. By using a historical outline, the author illustrates this attribution to a lack of visions in cultural policies. Beneficiaries are institutions for cultural education as well as classical institutions for adult education such as adult education centres. …
This paper deals with a new approach in the promotion of literacy, which focuses on social integration. This approach has been inspired by a concept of adult education aiming at integration and by social work oriented to the life world of the addressees. These concepts are being adapted to the work with functionally illiterate persons. The approach discussed here includes different forms of action promoting literacy: both learning and consulting, and also institutional cooperation in networks. …
Der Report widmet sich der Darstellung und Systematisierung des aktuellen erwachsenenpädagogischen Diskussions- und Forschungsstands zum Thema „interorganisationale Vernetzung“. Anhand einer sekundäranalytischen Literaturauswertung wird ein Überblick zu Anlässen, Formen, Zielen und Erfolgsbedingungen von Netzwerken in der Weiterbildung bzw. von Netzwerken, an denen sich Weiterbildungseinrichtungen beteiligen, dargestellt. Darüber hinaus wird themenbezogenes Informationsmaterial zu Projekten, Li…
In diesem Band liegen die Ergebnisse der wissenschaftlichen Begleitung des bekannten BMBF-Programms vor. Als dessen Halbzeitbilanz werden anhand von acht Untersuchungsfeldern innovative Ansätze und strukturelle Schwächen identifiziert: (1) Netzwerkbildung und -struktur, (2) Übergänge, (3) Information und Beratung, (4) Qualitätsmanagement, (5) Neue Lernkulturen, (6) Beteiligung und Marketing, (7) Beschäftigungsfähigkeit sowie (8) Transfer. Damit liegt erstmalig eine bundesweite empirische Unters…
Netzwerke sind heute ein wichtiges Element in der Bildungslandschaft. Sie entstehen als Reflex auf erhöhten Problemdruck zur gemeinsamen und damit häufig auch effektiven und effizienten Aufgabenbewältigung. Zugleich wird ihre Implementation durch Förderprogramme auf Bund- und Länderebene gestützt. Der Text widmet sich diesem Ansatz aus dem Blickwinkel der Volkshochschulen und ihrer möglichen Rolle in Netzwerken. Es werden netzwerktheoretische Erkenntnisse und Praxisbeispiele wiedergegeben und …
