Effects of continuing education tests Continuing education tests aim at improving transparency of the quality of programmes on offer and initiating processes to improve quality at providers of continuing education. But what has the impact of continuing education tests been to date? The authors present selected results of an evaluation study. From a demand perspective, continuing education has not been transparent since the introduction of educational testing in 2002, either. 54% of the popul…
Der Weiterbildung kommt aufgrund der Entwicklungen in Gesellschaft und Arbeitswelt eine stetig wachsende Bedeutung zu. Dennoch sind nur unverbundene und partielle Informationen zu diesem Bereich verfügbar. Beobachtungs- und Steuerungsinstrumente, die der Dokumentation, Weiterentwicklung oder dem systematischen Aufspüren von Trends dienen, sind kaum vorhanden. Die Weiterbildungsstatistik versteht sich als Beitrag, diese Lücke zu schließen. Die Statistik umfasst außer den Veranstaltungen auch Da…
The paper reviews trends in adult learning in England in the ten years from the election of Labour government in 1997. It highlighted an initial focus on expanding and widening participation in a wide range of initiatives in the years to 2002. From 2003 there has been a dramatic narrowing of focus giving priority to funding qualifications related to the labour market. Throughout the period it highlights restless change in institutional structures.
Von der deutschen Weiterbildung gibt es im Frühjahr 2008 gute und schlechte Nachrichten zu vermelden. Die Entwicklungen lauten knapp zusammengefasst: Der Abwärtstrend der letzten Jahre bei Beteiligung, Angebot und Branchenstimmung ist gestoppt; entsprechende Kurven weisen seit 2005 wieder ins Plus. Wenig Hoffnung vermittelt indes die langfristige Betrachtung der Ausgaben für Weiterbildung, die absolut und relativ (Anteil am Bruttoinlandsprodukt) kontinuierlich sinken.
“The Ideal World of the Bildungbürger and Rural “Borderline Experiences” Programmes of German adult education centres in 1957 In this article course programmes of German adult education centres in 1957 are examined from the perspectives of four time-witnesses of German social history during the Cold War: (1) What memories are stimulated among time-witnesses as to what the courses were really like? (2) What approach is used in the cover text? (3) What differences can one find when comparing th…
Der Weiterbildung kommt aufgrund der Entwicklungen in Gesellschaft und Arbeitswelt eine stetig wachsende Bedeutung zu. Dennoch sind nur unverbundene und partielle Informationen zu diesem Bereich verfügbar. Beobachtungs- und Steuerungsinstrumente, die der Dokumentation, Weiterentwicklung oder dem systematischen Aufspüren von Trends dienen, sind kaum vorhanden. Die Weiterbildungsstatistik versteht sich als Beitrag, diese Lücke zu schließen. Die Statistik umfasst außer den Veranstaltungen auch …
Continuing vocational training and gender justice Albeit at first sight, quantitative data on continuing vocational training participation documents a gradual balancing in the participation quota of women and men, a glance behind the participation figures reveals, however, a more complex picture. Participation in continuing vocational training are determined by factors such as first job, occupation and status as well as private life interrelations which effect women and men differently. This…
Transitions as a test case The concept of lifelong learning and the penetrability of the educational system With the concept of lifelong learning a better interleave of the educational areas is intended. The contribution analyses central sources on how the educational politics has strategically handled the role of lifelong learning and which practices it virtually has supported: With a strategy paper of the federal state and the states of the federation on lifelong learning as well as on the…
There are only a few studies on the scale and structure of on-the-job-training for elder employees. This article provides basic results using data of the IAB-Establishment-Panel. In addition to human capital theory we try to explain the firm behaviour considering rational choice theory, which allows non-economic explications. After introducing descriptive statistics, the authors test the assumption whether a positive (negative) attitude towards elderly leads to more (less) training. Results ind…
