Consulting as an empirical deficit? Evaluation of educational institutions’ programs The article discusses the empirical relevance of consulting in adult education institutions. By evaluating the programs of institutions, it will be shown that consulting only selectively is present and thus may help to document the programmatic and theoretical discourse on the matter in a less efficient way. This lack will be interpreted as a deficit in its implementation by the respective institutions and in …
The aim of the paper is to give an overview of key issues involved in recognising non-formal and informal learning, ranging from the legitimacy of the learning activities in terms of the outcomes to be recognised, through the cost of the necessary assessment, and essential elements such as quality assurance, the standards used, the potential benefits and the real obstacles. The findings summarised here are based on a report that describes and analyses practices in the 22 countries that particip…
Die DIE Zeitschrift hat im Dezember 2005 mit dem „Glücksheft“ still und heimlich ein Jubiläum gefeiert. Es war dies die 50. Ausgabe der 1993 gegründeten Institutszeitschrift. Da Jubliäen immer auch Gelegenheiten der Rückschau und des Ausblicks sind, könnte der Zeitpunkt für die Reflexion der Ergebnisse einer Abonnentenbefragung nicht besser sein. DIE-Redakteur Peter Brandt und Alf Scheidgen als zuständiger Analyst präsentieren im folgenden zentrale Ergebnisse der Befragung 2005 als Grundlagen f…
The contribution discusses dimensions of the internationalisation of educational marketing. Seen from a German perspective the authors are therewith treading on new land. Thereby they differ between (1) educational marketing in international comparison (using the example of comparison of the English and German situation) and (2) international educational marketing, so the development of communication- and dissemination structures of regional or national offers for an international market. For 1…
