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The report focuses on empirical data of cultural life from a cultural political perspective. Despite the common experience of growth, a significant increase of cultural life participation cannot be empirically verified with regard to the time budgets applied – at least not of provisions attributed to the narrower definition of culture. There are more visits (especially of large cultural institutions and popular cultural events) but not necessarily more visitors. While the prerequisites for cult…
Wann gilt Weiterbildungspolitik als erfolgreich? Was können Politik und andere Weiterbildungsakteure tun, damit Weiterbildungspolitik gelingt? Die Autorin weist auf alte und neue Risiken hin und legt Voraussetzungen und Bedingungen für den Erfolg dar.
Education and occupation The categories of occupation and education were considered to constitute a contradiction in classic educational theory. A paradigm change is taking place through current societal modernisation processes: occupation and education are especially characterised by mutual interaction. This issue of the REPORT examines the tension-fraught relationship between occupation and education in articles offering theoretical and empirical insight, focusing on four focal points: the …
Wie debattieren wir in der digitalen Sphäre – und wie verändern diese neuen Formen gesellschaftlicher Debatten unsere Demokratie? Die Autorin skizziert einen Transformationsprozess hin zu einer »digitalen Gesellschaft« und fordert eine breite gesellschaftliche Auseinandersetzung um eine »digitale Werteordnung«.
Die Weiterbildung befindet sich in ungewissen Zeiten in einem Umbruch. Aktuelle Stichworte sind die zu beobachtende Deinstitutionalisierung verbunden mit einem Bedeutungszuwachs selbstgesteuerter und non-formaler bzw. informeller Lernprozesse, der Ersatz des Bildungsbegriffs durch den Lernbegriff, die Betonung der Eigenverantwortung der Lernenden für die Gestaltung ihrer Lernbiografie sowie die Frage der Zertifizierung informell erworbener Kompetenzen. Diese Erosion des Weiterbildungsfeldes kan…
During the last two decades widening adult participation in higher education has become a central issue in international and especially European lifelong learning policy debates. At European level this is reflected in the Europe 2020 strategy set out by the European Commission. One headline target is to boost the share of the population aged 30–34 that has completed tertiary or equivalent education to 40 per cent by 2020. In the face of general trends such as the intensive use of ICT, the evolu…
Working at companies in old age – problem or opportunity? Company strategies for dealing with demographic change Demographic change usually confronts companies with a double challenge. Enterprises have to work with ageing staffs, while a veritable “war for talent” is underway to attract young skilled staff. This article explores the different strategies German enterprises are adopting to meet this challenge. At the same time, it distinguishes between tried-and-proven staff strategies whic…
