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The EQUAL development cooperation project »Virtual Centre of European Education« is an example of how on the part of the European Union discrimination on the labour market is to be combated. In the article six subprojects of the cooperation are evaluated as to whether they correspond to European directives for the promotion of employment. The examined qualification measures implement standards like empowerment, equal opportunities, abatement of xenophobia as well as the use of information and c…
Biography and Education Biographical aspects are coming increasingly under the focus of teaching-learning and educational research in the context of international comparative studies and the debate over self-organised and self-guided learning. Different theoretical approaches are selected and current empirical findings in the area of biographical research are presented in this issue in order to shed light on the interrelationship between education and biography.
In the face of accelerated structural change (“transformation society“) in-company further education can no longer just rely on familiar forms of learning and teaching. It must evolve into a form of guidance for personal development, by which managers are directed towards continuous introspection (“culture of reflection”). The author shows that such phenomena can be empirically shown to exist at this moment in time, and outlines in which way they can be seen as pedagogical communication, by way…
In recent years, “popular education” has become a highly relevant topic in the international debate. At the same time, research efforts on this subject matter have been increasing. The concept of “popular education” is understood as different from or marginalized by dominant discourses and institutions. This issue of REPORT will raise awareness for both the historical origins and the current discussions of popular education in adult education. The articles collected will evaluate if such concep…
This issue of REPORT focuses on current trends in adult and continuing education in various European countries, with a particular emphasis on the situation in Spain, Romania, Finland, Great Britain and Germany. Documenting the results of an international lecture series held at the University of Essen-Duisburg, the essays, for the first time, are presented in English. The articles gathered in this REPORT may serve as a point of departure for further studies in this area of research and contribut…
Looking ahead: On Challenges, Paths and Goals Interview with the incumbent editors The interview with the founding editors ended with predictions for the future of REPORT. More online- communication, increasing internationalisation, a stronger shift towards empirical research and a committed specialist discourse were the principal key words. These are taken up in the discussions and addressed from the perspectives of the incumbent publishers. Martin Beyersdorf (M.B.) and Rüdiger Rhein (R.R.…
The author discusses the way in which scientific knowledge and results of research are made public. He questions Gordon Shepherd’s assertion that scientists themselves are best qualified for a transmission of their results to the interested public, and rather makes a case for the expert as a mediator. In order to do so, he identifies the characteristics of science versus expertise, and defines the expert as one who, in addition to the knowledge required, also possesses communicative skill, disc…
Bildung und Beratung sind seit der Aufklärung dadurch bestimmt, dass sie die Selbstbestimmung des Individuums unterstützen sollen. Dies ist eine Leitidee des pädagogischen Denkens – beginnend bei Immanuel Kants Definition der Aufklärung als „Ausgang aus der selbstver-schuldeten Unmündigkeit“ (1784) bis hin zum Ziel des nationalen Bildungsberichts, dass „Selbst-regulation“ unterstützt werden soll (Konsortium Bildungsberichterstattung 2005). Diese Leitidee findet sich in Beratungsansätzen wiede…
Although trainers can be expected to be important for the success further of vocational education, there is no regulation of the qualification of trainers in Germany. A so-called train-the-trainer certificate often serves as proof of professionalism. The study describes the topics of those certificates and their frequencies. Therefore we looked at the programs of 47 providers in terms of a qualitative content analysis. The inductively generated category system contains 56 categories on three hi…
