Mit dem Themenschwerpunkt der Umfrage 2018 stellt wbmonitor Erkenntnisse zu bislang wenig erforschten Fragen des Transfers wissenschaftlichen Wissens in die Handlungspraxis von Weiterbildungsanbietern zur Verfügung. Neben der Bedeutung von Wissenschaft und Forschung für die Praxis wird u.a. untersucht, welche Informationsquellen das Führungspersonal der Einrichtungen nutzt und in welchen Formen Kontakte zu wissenschaftlichen Institutionen bestehen. Wie jedes Jahr informiert der Bericht über die…
The IdA KompetenzCheck represents a scientifically developed test procedure for measuring non-formally and informally acquired competences and for evaluating competences in relation to German occupations. As part of the IdA KompetenzCheck, testees are confronted with an occupational profile’s typical fields of action. Multiple action-oriented questions concerning each field of action are presented in order to determine the corresponding level of competence. The IdA KompetenzCheck allows for tes…
The paper tackles the issue of procedures for the validation of competences, which are used in the tertiary education sector in order to evaluate an individual’s study ability on the basis of his/her vocational qualifications. This contested terrain will be explored by means of the University of Hamburg’s validation procedure (the so-called Eingangsprüfungsverfahren, §38 HmbHG). The focus of interest will be put on a qualitative reconstruction of individual decision-making processes during thes…
