Gender skills for adult education Gender mainstreaming is a central maxim for political action all across Europe. However, little effect is yet to be felt in adult education. Where there is gender-sensitive adult education, this is still strongly oriented towards the differential approach. In view of participation rates in general and vocational adult education, and the division of interests within the segments, which is again gendered, the author speaks of a “doubly divided structure”. For …
The competence concept of PISA and IALS New impulses for adult education through international comparative studies In the contribution the literacy concept, which is new to the German education discussion, and some of the results of IALS are presented, whereas parallels but also differences are shown to the PISA study. The causales for the central result of the missing basic competences are questioned, whereas clues are given to contexts between antiquated teaching methods and often lament…
In der gesellschaftlichen und weitgehend auch in der wissenschaftlichen Debatte scheint Konsens darüber zu herrschen, dass sich Erwerbsbiographien zunehmend diskontinuierlich gestalten. Die Befunde der empirischen Sozialforschung bestätigen bislang – auf die Gesamtheit bezogen – allerdings keine deutliche Zunahme von Diskontinuitäten in den Erwerbsbiographien. Jedoch steigt die Zahl derjenigen, die Gruppen mit höherem Diskontinuitätsrisiko zuzurechnen sind. Dazu zählen u. a. Jugendliche ohne Sc…
In the educational facilities of the State Sports Associations of the Bundesländer, open adult education is implemented which serves the goals of formation of personality and enlightenment, furthers maturity, and cultivates social competences, and which is - albeit decreasingly - publicly funded. More than 3.000 full-time and part-time pedagogical staff are employed in these facilities. Nearly 15.000 courses for about 300.000 participants are held. But this is not the only field within sports …
