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Self-controlling of learning processes – a basic approach of an empirical substanciation In the first part of the contribution a heuristic systematization of the construct of the self-controlling is carried out. Then selected parts of the results of this theme are presented, taken from a representative questioning of the population concerning adult education behaviour and attitudes towards adult education.
Networks of citizens’ commitment – On the role of adult education within the scope of the network work with the older Introduced are the partial results of a research project in North-Rhine-Westphalia, in which networks of citizens’ commitment in Düsseldorf in the area of work with older people have been evaluated. At the beginning of the contribution the term of network is explained, then the personal pre-requisites for citizens’ commitment are sketched and concluding the model of self-orga…
Veränderte Rahmenbedingungen in Gesellschaft und Wirtschaft bedingen neue Anforderungen an das Bildungsverhalten. Bretschneider und Preißer berichten über aktuelle und geplante Initiativen und Aktivitäten in Deutschland, die sich auf informelle Lernleistungen und ihre Resultate beziehen und sich unter dem Schlagwort "Weiterbildungspässe" zusammenfassen lassen. Dabei wird insbesondere auf einige der damit verbundenen konzeptionellen, methodischen und prozeduralen Probleme Bezug genommen. Als Erg…
On national and international level, a number of alternative financing models for lifelong learning processes are being discussed: self financing by the learners, individual income transfer assurance systems, individual education bonus systems, state funding oder financing by companies or fonds. The author describes the different models recommending mixed cooperative forms for the German educational system.