In view of the demographic change the investments in education for elderly population are becoming increasingly more important. At the same time the educational system’s endeavours of repair are rather targeted at the very young. How can the educational investments be divided usefully between the old and the young? By showing examples of Scandinavian countries, the author elucidates a double strategy of high educational investments for the phase of youth and in adult life. The countries have su…
New accesses to further education and work by making up balances of competence? First answers from Europe and Germany Several developing practices of acquisition, evaluation and documentation of informal and formal competences are presented. In a second step the several practices are structured and the model of the bilans des competences from France and a German adaption is explained.
Die Förderung von Strukturen zur Unterstützung des Lebenslangen Lernens hat in den letzten Jahren zu institutionellen Veränderungen geführt. Lernzentren, in denen Bildungs- und Kultureinrichtungen in kooperativen Strukturen Lern- und Beratungsangebote zur Verfügung stellen, sind ein Ausdruck dieser Entwicklung. In immer mehr Kommunen wird derzeit darüber nachgedacht, veränderte Institutionalformen wie Lernzentren zu etablieren. Doch wie stellen sich die Strukturen und das Leistungsspektrum solc…
In consideration of the omnipresent commitment to the significance of lifelong learning, the article analyses the role of continuing education within public education funding. Over the past 20 years, public continuing education funding has been reduced by 41 %. The low participation rate in continuing education, particularly among the less qualified and atypically employed, encourage an increase in public investments. Funds should enhance staff counselling, qualification and professionalism as …
