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In diesem Essay wird die Konjunktur der Evaluation als zentrales Mass von Bildungsmanagement und Qualitätssicherung kritisch hinterfragt und verschiedene Evaluationstypen unterschieden. Danach gibt es: "Systemevaluation zum Zweck von Spar-, Abbau oder Umbaumassnahmen; immanenten Evaluation und Forschung zum Zwecke der Steuerung pädagogischen Handelns: Evaluation zu Legitimationszwecken, Evaluation in betrieblichen Transferprozessen zur Begleitung und Sicherung von Bildungsverwertung." Gege…
Already Max Scheler developed a functional definition of education. With Scheler, education is not only not opposed to usefulness, but even prerequisite for reaching certain aims at all. In terms of the postmodernist media and mass society the relationship between education and usefulness has to be reformulated. With reference to Lyotard, the author develops a concept of education as a regulative idea. Under these conditions, individuals are not expected to integrate themselves culturally into…
Looking at persons and at those active in organisations has forever been in the focus of psychological research on organisations. Monika Kil draws attention to the fact that pedagogical psychology, cognitive psychology and social psychology can also contribute towards a structuring of further education institutions that is conducive to learning. Developing a »learning culture « is one aspect of this. A review of further developments and findings opens up new dimensions for a discourse on organi…
Teaching and learning situations are only super ficially described as transfer of knowledge. Beneath that surface complex processes of understanding influence the teacher-learner as well as the learner-learner interaction. Learners bring previous knowledge, experiences and attitudes into the classroom which may facilitate but also inhibit learning; they are not usually invited to express their beliefs, doubts and expectations and make them part of their individual learning prcoesses. The author…