This paper brings into focus the discourse on competences and reviews critically the potential of large-scale assessments. The measurement of competences in adulthood is a step towards a deeper understanding of the development of competences during the life course, although only domain specific and not general competences are taken into consideration. Based on the current research, the debate on competences will be reflected and the central points in the field of modeling the constructs of skil…
The latest PIAAC-results confirm from an international perspective the alarming data of the leo. – Level One Study published in 2011 in which 14,5 percent of the German population capable of work could be identified as functionally illiterate. Both studies have an immense impact on political discussions concerning basis education. To point out the strength of both studies for the field of adult education, there will be a brief summary and tabular comparison concerning the research design of bot…
Wie verhält sich Kompetenz zu Bildung und Qualifikation? Welches sind die Vor- und Nachteile einer Orientierung von Bildungsprozessen an Kompetenzen? Zur Beantwortung dieser Fragen richtet der Autor den Blick auf Steuerungsprozesse in der Bildungspolitik ebenso wie auf Nutzenpotenziale für die Lernenden.
