Die Vielzahl der Qualitäts- und Evaluationsberichte ist kaum noch zu überblicken. Der Gehalt dieser Berichte ist unterschiedlich. Der REPORT 43 bemüht sich um eine Zwischenbilanz der Qualitätsdiskussion, insbesondere der (erwachsenen-)pädagogischen. Die Beiträge zeigen, dass Qualität von Bildungsarbeit "relational" zu denken, d. h. dass Qualität situations-, zielgruppen-, kontext- und beobachtungsabhängig ist.
Das Heft dokumentiert die Beiträge der Jahrestagung 1998. Neben dem Einführungsvortrag sind die Referate aus den folgenden Arbeitsgruppen vertreten: 1: Politik in der Erwachsenenbildungswissenschaft 2: Professionalität und Kompetenz in der Erwachsenenbildung 3: Programmatik, Theorie und Empirie der Erwachsenenbildungswissenschaft 4: Teilnehmende als schwindende Bezugsgröße 5: Individualisierung und Gemeinschaft - Orientierungen der Erwachsenenbildungswissenschaft
Meaning and function of the concept "employability" in education-political documents of the European Union After a short reconstruction of the evolvement of the social-political dimension since the 1990s, the textual dimension and the function of the concept of employability in the labour market, employment policy as well as the educational political discourse of the European Union are analysed. Considered are with it the changes of the controlling instruments of European politics with regar…
The opening up of higher education and the development of higher education insti-tutions as institutionalized and organized settings for lifelong learning has been focused in educational policy and scientific discourse for more than ten years. Consequently, research at the interface between further education and higher education research at international, European and national levels has been intensified in order to disclose framework conditions, forms and challenges regarding current and expec…
Based on several contemporary international impulses on national educational policy, the article discusses the interaction of management and educational research, particularly indicator-aided educational reporting. First, the author scans the relevance and weaknesses of international interventions. In the light of national self-determination of educational issues, he stresses the significance of national educational reporting as well as the consideration of federal structure and regional levels…
Continuing education and justice The question as to the connection between education and justice has always been important, even before education was established as a functioning sub-system of society. This applies in a similar manner to the sub-field of “continuing education”. The REPORT examines different approaches to the difficult topic of justice and the required linkage between a discussion based on standards and norms and empirical data (which is too unreliable). The articles especially…
This contribution describes an approach for the assessment of the total expenditure for adult and continuing education and training (ACET) in Austria, broken down by public and private sources of financing. Variants of estimates of the expenditure are presented. Direct expenditure has been at 0.7% and the sum of direct and indirect expenditure at 1.2% of GDP in 2009. The largest share is born by the enterprises (40%), followed by the public (30-34%), and the individuals slightly below 30%. Amon…
After the federal elections, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research has taken on a new organisational structure. For the first time, its activities in further education are now bundled together in a seperate department (»Lifelong Learning, Further Education«), thus enabling the ministry to »speak with one voice«. On top of this, the superior department is »University, Further Education«, which shows that the two are considered as equivalent from the organisationalpolitical viewpoint.
