The author diagnoses a widening gap between scientific and general public: as political and social estimation of science rises, it vanishes from daily life and is taken into well-funded but not ver y well-known institutions and thus hidden from the view of the public. At the same time, ever-rising numbers of people are confronted with the results of scientific research in their daily lives and thus in a way in intimate contact with science, but at the same time unable to understand its workings…
Die Disziplin der Bildungsökonomie untersucht den Zusammenhang zwischen Bildungswesen und wirtschaftlicher Entwicklung, zwischen Bildungspolitik und lebenslangem Lernen. In den 60er Jahren rückte die Frage nach der Bedeutung von Bildung für das wirtschaftliche Wachstum einer Gesellschaft in den Vordergrund. Pichts alarmierende Prognose, dass ohne Veränderung der Bildungspolitik und des Bildungswesens eine „bildungspolitische Katastrophe“ unausweichlich sei, bestimmt die Diskussion bis zum heuti…
This article is devoted to workplace learning. Rather than formulating normative claims regarding educational processes, the aim is to empirically examine the conditions under which workplace learning takes place. The focus is on the process of needs assessment as part of program planning. Firstly, this process and the stakeholders involved are described for different types of programs. Secondly, an explorative analysis based on the contextual analysis shows how demand decisions are justified. …
