Learner-oriented quality certification in continuing education (LQW) includes the requirement for education providers introducing this quality development system to speak about their values in their mission statements. Consciously engaging with these explicit values can contribute to reflexive quality development. The article looks at the mission statements of LQW users in terms of the values that are mentioned in an effort to determine whether a shared set of values can be found among adult an…
The present findings are based on a programme analysis of one fifth of all programmes provided by public adult education institutions in Low Saxony in 2012. The study focused on field classification as well as on the analysis of participation portals. Over all, eight portals were developed and identified for the analysis. The findings provide information on methods for addressing social requirements and thus differentiating the educational field – how intercultural education undergoes a delta-s…
The contribution assesses the consequences for adult education emerging from the running GATS negotiation round. Initially the present situation of the regulations are described which apply for the EU since 1994 and which restrict liberalisation to privately financed educational services. Since 2002 the USA and Brazil are demanding further steps to be taken by the EU. The possible consequences are estimated of the discontinuation of – among others – the subventions reserve for special areas of …
Educational and Learning Research Based on three texts from the founding editors from the years 1985, 2000 and 2005, in this contribution, past as well as current scientific objectives of empirical educational and learning research, their embedding in theoretical contexts as well as methodical approaches are assessed and supplemented by further references from the author. Albeit the end results of the two founding fathers are, in the various years, rather sobering, it seems fruitful to thin…
Das Lernen zu lernen gilt als die entscheidende Schlüsselqualifikation. Häufig wird diese Kompetenz jedoch als existent vorausgesetzt und übersehen, dass sie erst entwickelt werden muss. Der Beitrag und der zugehörige Erfahrungsbericht beleuchten den Weiterbildungsstudiengang Qineb der Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, der versucht, diese didaktische Leerstelle zu füllen.
Wie lassen sich informell erworbene Kompetenzen zertifizieren? Diese Frage stellt sich im Zuge der Diskussion um selbstgesteuerte und lebenslang erforderliche Lernprozesse. Während Deutschland noch am Beginn dieser Entwicklung steht, haben andere Länder bereits Zertifizierungssysteme eingeführt. Aber trotzdem scheint es für eine Einführung in Deutschland keine vorgezeichneten Wege zu geben. Bernd Käpplinger hat im Rahmen des DIE-Projektes »Transparenz und Akzeptanz berufsrelevanter Kompetenzen…
The article presents the results of the author’s study on the views of pedagogy students on politics and education. The research has been undertaken subsequently to the 2015 parliamentary elections won by the party “Prawo i Sprawiedliwosc” (“Law and Justice”, PiS). During the election campaign, this party’s program offered radical changes, also in the Polish educational system. The aim of the study was the recognition of the level of interest in politics, the approach to democracy and education…
Press and public relations work in continuing education is gaining importance through digitization and social media. Here the current guideline for strategic communication in public spaces provides a solid and systematic presentation of the basic structures of press and public relations work. The focus is on different communication strategies for large and small institutions, communication with adult and continuing education target groups, the classic tasks of press and public relations, the We…
