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Striking the Balance between Competences – Backgrounds, Methods, Development Necessities The term competence entered the pedagogical/educational discussions of the German Education Council in the 1970s. However, it has recently become, once again, the objective of an intensive debate. It is always about the potential of the individuals which exceeds the certified level of knowledge and skills. This article introduces and analyses three different methodological approaches to the evaluation an…
Personal and organisational educational counselling The need for support in the search for tailor-made educational programmes is growing along with the ongoing individualisation of educational pathways. Counselling of individuals and organisations is gaining importance in this context. This issue focuses both on new theories as well as educational policy developments, devoting attention to current challenges in various fields of action: the training of vocational counsellors, research of coun…
Analysing the Course of Processes in Counselling – A Desideratum Reasoning and Development of a Research Design Different processes of counselling have been a non-studied field of research in adult education so far. It is necessary for the professionalization of counselling to close this research gap by an empirical basic work, because the need for counselling is increasing. A research design is explained by this article. The methodological outline will be developed and reasoned.
Counselling: Changes for a Sustainable Development If counselling should survive as a generally accepted human service at the beginning of the 21st century, a fundamental shift in paradigms and the therewith connected development of sustainable offers for counselling becomes necessary. Permanent co-evolution of needs from clients, economy and society calls for specific skills and knowledge for analysis and coping with multiple subjective realities, ecological contexts, non-linear causalities…
„Vom Lernen zum Lehren“? Mit diesem Titel bewusst zuspitzend weist das vorliegende Buch den Weg von einer empirisch fundierten Analyse des Lernens Erwachsener zu einem lerngerechten didaktischen Handeln in der Weiterbildung. Mit diesem „DIE spezial“ legt das Deutsche Institut für Erwachsenenbildung (DIE) eine im Feld lange ersehnte Zusammenschau interdisziplinärer Lern- und Lehrforschung vor. Das Buch geht zurück auf die Arbeit zweier internationaler Forschergruppen, die – initiiert vom DIE …
Was motiviert Erwachsene zu lernen? Sind alle Menschen, die an Weiterbildung teilnehmen, lernmotiviert? Und umgekehrt: Sind diejenigen, die nicht teilnehmen automatisch nicht lernmotiviert? Horst Siebert befasst sich in diesem Studientext mit zwei zentralen Themen der Weiterbildung und zeigt auf, dass das Verhältnis von Lernmotivation und Bildungsbeteiligung äußerst komplex ist. Auf der Grundlage von umfangreichen statistischen Materialien vermittelt er zunächst einen Überblick über die Datenl…
