Educational training frameworks have been implemented throughout the entire world since the 1980s in reaction to educational training policy exigencies and the need for economic reforms. This article makes systematic distinctions between educational training frameworks and describes specific national forms. By the same token, it is evident that the systematic inclusion of general, vocational and university educational training has been sought more or less throughout the world in order to make…
"Nachhaltigkeit" ist zu einem Containerwort verkommen und bezeichnet inzwischen alles, was Bestand hat oder bleibende Wirkungen entfaltet. Wenn sich die DIE Zeitschrift der "Nachhaltigkeit" widmet, dann in dem sehr viel engeren Begriffsverständnis von "nachhaltiger Entwicklung". Wobei die Verknüpfung mit Bildung ("Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung") dann wiederum erheblich mehr thematische Breite verspricht: Hierunter werden alle Bemühungen verstanden, Bildungsprozesse auf das gemeinsame Ziel…
PISA for adults? Remarks about the consequences of PISA for adult education The PISA results shown by the OECD for the school area also have consequences for adult education. For the development of adult education itself but also for a holistic concept of lifelong learning it will be of importance to be able to refer to specific international comparative results. The contribution describes measures of policies of adult education that were initiated following the PISA results and it scetches…
Since the formation of regional entities in the modern age, the concept of „region“ has been interpreted in different ways. While in the after-war years attempts at strengthening structurally weak regions by attracting industry from without (the „exogenous“ strategy) were successful, nowadays the „endogenous“ strategy is becoming relevant, which builds on efforts from within the region. The author maintains that the success of „learning“ regions will depend on the efficiency of the regions’ edu…
Keeping an eye on the practice of management in further education institutions, the observer will encounter a rich variety of changing management strategies. Johannes Hartkemeyer, himself director of a Volkshochschule, scrutinizes past crazes and sets up guidelines for dealing with ever-changing fashions on the one hand, and organisational development on the other hand. His advice is to be a »learning organisation«, watch out for »mental models« of the organisation in a permanent process of ref…
In Deutschland entstanden unmittelbar nach Kriegsende 1945 die ersten kirchlichen Akademien als Orte offener und zugleich gemeinwohlorientierter Diskussions- und Denkkultur, in denen es um nicht weniger ging als den Neuaufbau einer durch Krieg und Nationalsozialismus materiell und moralisch zerstörten Gesellschaft (Schütz 2004, S. 15f). Bemerkenswert schnell und konsequent erwiesen sich katholische wie evangelische Akademien als Träger demokratiestützender Bildungsarbeit. – Was können sie jedoc…
Was hat sich in den letzten Jahren in Europa in Sachen Kompetenzorientierung getan? Welche Entwicklungen haben sich daraus für Deutschland ergeben? Der Autor stellt aktuelle Projekte vor, beleuchtet die gegenwärtigen Entwicklungen und deutet nächste Schritte an.
ReSuDI is an innovative company prevention concept for semi-skilled and unskilled employees, who, in Germany, increasingly have a migrational background. Due to the difficult access to this target group, ReSuDi involves multipliers, who can influence the employees during their daily working routine. As a result, they are able to initiate learning processes and improve the working condition. ReSuDi is a comprehensive organisational programme, i.e. all hierarchy levels are included and personal a…
Normative Patterns of Biography and Contradictory Experiences as Resources in Women’s Educational Biographies As part of a research project on discontinuities in female educational and professional careers, this essay focusses on conflicting expectations women experience – conflicts between set normative social standards and biographies on the one hand, and the different individual plans and perspectives on the other hand. Group discussions among the participants of a Women’s Studies Program…
