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In dieser international-vergleichenden Studie über das Bildungsmonitoring zum Lebenslangen Lernen werden Fragen nach den Steuerungswirkungen supra- und internationaler Organisationen wie EU und OECD bei der Implementierung ihrer bildungspolitischen Ansätze in drei europäischen Staaten (Deutschland, Griechenland, Finnland) untersucht. Dabei kommen die im Rahmen einer outputorientierten Steuerung eingesetzten Steuerungsinstrumente, wie Bildungsmonitoring und -berichterstattung, und deren Auswirku…
The European Qualification Framework and the National Qualification Framework of Germany are two offer-specific reference instruments, which should be implemented in the German educational and employment systems. Both of them are difficult to estimate in regard to their transparency, penetrability and support of labour market mobility. Enterprises and educational institutes seem to be different in their logic of action concerning their educational and qualification achievements in the society. …
Migrants are faced with the particular challenge of gaining acknowledgment and social acceptance of their qualifications acquired in their country of origin. They stand to benefit from a comprehensive implementation of the lifelong learning strategy. The acknowledgement of individual skills and competences should not depend on the individual learning environment. Being successful in the labour market is an important objective for holders of foreign qualifications. In addition, being located in …
From the viewpoint of Akademie Remscheid, a leading provider of further education courses involving education through play, this article presents the facets of the phenomenon of play as relevant to education and illustrates them using several examples of play that can be applied to adult education. The focus is on group games which can be played using simple materials. The central fields of learning targeted by play are identified as social skills, perception, expression, creativity and problem…
Education Programmes under one Roof. The new EU action Programme for Life-long Learning (p. 34-37). The new EU education programme PLL (Programme for life-long learning) aims at combining the previous programmes SOKRATES II and LEONARDO DA VINCI II under the same roof, and hence extends the previous range of opportunities for financial backing through a cross-section programme which enables cooperation outside the boundaries of education. The article gives an overview about the complete program…
In diesem Band liegen die Ergebnisse der wissenschaftlichen Begleitung des bekannten BMBF-Programms vor. Als dessen Halbzeitbilanz werden anhand von acht Untersuchungsfeldern innovative Ansätze und strukturelle Schwächen identifiziert: (1) Netzwerkbildung und -struktur, (2) Übergänge, (3) Information und Beratung, (4) Qualitätsmanagement, (5) Neue Lernkulturen, (6) Beteiligung und Marketing, (7) Beschäftigungsfähigkeit sowie (8) Transfer. Damit liegt erstmalig eine bundesweite empirische Unters…
On the mediation difficulty of social competence in adult education/further and continuing education Problems are presented which can emerge in seminars for adults when mediating social competence. Called on are for this the results of a research work of the author on the topic of advanced vocational training in societal situations of upheaval.
