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Facing todays technological development, one of the central issues further education has to deal with is how to support employees in handling the changes their work activities are subjected to and in shaping these changes. Six company case studies were conducted in logistics and in stationary retailing in order to understand how work activities change on the operative level and what effects might be observed regarding the employees’ competence development. Based on a subject-related approach th…
Constructive approaches to the EQF and DQR - Basic and advanced certificate model for further education teachers This article presents a specific qualifications framework for the sector of further education, consisting of a two-stage model (basic and advanced certificates). This touches on the discussion about the EQF and DQR as a motivation and opportunity for the professionalisation of further education. The model takes up examples from Austria and Switzerland and is aligned toward prelimi…
Das Heft behandelt "Polarisierungen" in den unterschiedlichsten Bereichen, angefangen bei ethno-sozialen Konflikten, Polaritäten zwischen den Generationen, den Chancen und Problematiken des Ost-West-Verhältnisses in Deutschland bis hin zur Debatte über Qualifikation und Wissensverfall. Aus dem Blickwinkel „Polarisierungen“ werden Handlungsfelder der Erwachsenenbildung neu beleuchtet: gesellschaftliche Spaltungstendenzen (Fischer), Förderung des generationenübergreifenden Dialogs (Wolf), Lernber…
