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Katja Gruber befasst sich in ihrer Diplomarbeit mit dem Thema ‚Schlüsselqualifikationen’, der in den 1970er Jahren geprägt wurde und unter dem derzeit bis zu 600 verschiedene Begriffe subsumiert werden. Die Autorin untersucht nicht nur, warum der Begriff bei allen Sozialpartnern heute wieder in der Diskussion ist und als ‚konsensstiftender Slogan’ erscheint, der es ermöglicht bisher gegensätzliche Positionen von ökonomischen Interessen und Persönlichkeitsbildung in einem neuen ‚Konzept’ zu vere…
From 1992 to 2007 a considerable amount of German and EU funding was put into development projects described as “Qualification Development Management” (German acronym: QUEM) and aimed to support the quality of vocational qualification structures in the former GDR. QUEM was sponsored by the ABWF (Study Group for Corporate Continuing Education Research). In this article the author, a scientist working on QUEM, sums up the activities in the programmes and projects which were funded. He identifies …
The concept of support-networks is currently finding its way out of the theoretical discussions into practical application. This is not only due to the zeitgeist of reduced governmental investments in education policy but also because the concept of support takes into account the social embeddedness of learning costs and thus contributes to the discourse of the „learning society“. Networks are propagated as an alternative to either the state or the market, on the other hand they are likely to c…
Education in the Economic Culture. An Analysis of Approaches in Educational Policy of the Council of Europe and the EU Considering the Discussion of Culture and Economic Orientation The European Union and the Council of Europe play an important role for educational policy in Europe. Education is meant to promote European identity as well as the European Economic Area. This text explores the priorities of the Council of Europe’s and the European Union’s educational concepts in the timeframe …
