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It becomes apparent in the current critique on methods of competence diagnostics that the problem does not lie in empirical or methodical, but mainly in theoretical deficits. Psycho-dynamic explanations are missing. Moreover, competences are mainly constructed as individual traits while social dimensions are ignored. Both deficits are considerable blank spaces. This paper argues that competence cannot be the cause of performance, but only the conscious notion of how masterly ways of acting look…
Competence Assessment in Working with the Disabled. Experiences Gathered in Franz Sales House in Essen The report focuses on the challenges of implementing a system for competence assessment in the Franz Sales House in Essen – a social institution for the disabled. The authors point out methods for the competence assessment of employees in a social institution to adjust them to future requirements and use them as a base for an effective management of educational processes. Experiences gathered…
In her dissertation, the author collected and evaluated self-assessments of language study travellers travelling with Carl Duisburg Centres. 90 participants were questioned quantitatively. In addition to the expected competence improvement of foreign languages, the flexibility and mobility as well as intercultural competences were increased. The competence acquisition in connection to the participants’ individual ages was investigated in a supplementary qualitative research.
Due to the ongoing process of globalization, the need for trainings for intercultural competences increases. The study aims to measure the meaningfulness of intercultural training without additional coaching. Therefore, it assessed the level of intercultural competence of participants with and without an intercultural training in a cross-sectional study design. The results show that trainings actually have a positive effect on intercultural competence. Thereby, younger participants profit more …
The project GRETA – basics for a standardized process for recognizing teachers’ and trainers’ competences in adult and continuing education – developed an interdisciplinary structural competence model encompassing all tasks for teachers and trainers in adult and continuing education. It is the basis for developing procedures for recognizing and certifying relevant competences for teaching and training in adult and continuing education. So far GRETA will develop a concept for validation procedur…
When crediting non-university previous achievements in higher education courses, the term “professional competence” is often used. However, the results of the 2014 “AnHoSt study” and the 2016 “Anrechnungsmonitor” show that the crediting procedures at German HEIs have so far mainly related to formal qualifications, but not to competences acquired in non-formal or informal learning contexts. Even individual crediting procedures are generally based on the formal curricula of apprenticeship and fur…
Das Eckpunktepapier »Den Einstieg in den Beruf erleichtern« einer organisationsübergreifenden Arbeitsgruppe aus der Jugendsozialarbeit/Jugendberufshilfe ist ein Debattenbeitrag zur zukünftigen Umsetzung des Deutschen Qualifikationsrahmens. Gerade für Jugendliche und junge Erwachsene, so die Autorinnen und Autoren des Eckpunktepapiers, kann eine Anerkennung informell und non-formal erworbener Kompetenzen den Einstieg in die Arbeitswelt erleichtern und neue Chancen eröffnen. Andrea Pingel und Wal…
Die in den letzten Jahren nach Deutschland geflüchteten Menschen besitzen sehr unterschiedliche Bildungsbiographien, haben oftmals Berufserfahrung, aber keine formale Ausbildung. Aus diesem Grund ist es unerlässlich, fortdauernde Beratungsangebote für die Eingliederung in den Arbeitsmarkt zu bieten, die non-formal und informell erworbene Kompetenzen in den Mittelpunkt rücken. Ein bereits seit zehn Jahren bestehendes Instrument, das hierfür genutzt werden kann, ist der ProfilPASS.
This paper draws on three data sources – a national survey from Germany of adult literacy and numeracy skills (leo. – Level-One Study), the OECD’s Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competences (PIAAC), and case studies of workplaces in England – to argue for a greater focus by policymakers and researchers on the literacy demand experienced by adults. We consider the heterogeneity of the population of adults deemed functionally illiterate by large-scale national and internatio…
