Einleitendes und aktuelles zur inhaltlichen Verklammerung der drei Begriffe.
Ein Längsschnitt durch die Geschichte der Weiterbildungsfinanzierung.
In-company further education causes direct and indirect costs that can be divided up between employers and employees in different ways. The article provides an overview of a number of financing models of in-company further education, presenting empirical results of various surveys conducted in enterprises. Not only range of and participation in further education is dealt with, but also the height and composition of further education costs, the timing of qualifying measures, employees’ paying a …
The latest number of the Berichtssystem Weiterbildung (»Further Education Report System«) of the Federal Ministry for Education and Research marks a trend reversal: whereas in the last periods under review an increase in the attendance of further education courses was to be observed, currently attendance is regressive by five percent points – particularly in general further education. The author presumes that one reason for this is education’s focussing on the labour market perspective, an atti…
The changes in further education supported under the provisions of SGB III (Social Code III) engender a reorientation towards demand orientation. The effects must be termed dramatic after a year. Monies decreased by around 25 percent between 2002 and 2003. Participation and entry numbers in courses were drastically reduced. These effects are not temporary phenomena, but rather mark a change of system which further education providers must prepare themselves for.
279 participants in a survey on elearning applications for foreign language learning in Volkshochschulen (German adult education schools) had little prior knowledge. While they do indeed have interest in such applications, they still keep to formats known from their previous learning experience. The participants in the survey estimate the potential of e-learning applications for foreign language learning as positive, but only in combination with traditional non-virtual classes. The…
Die Organisation für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (OECD) bewertet Investitionen in Bildung nach ihrer Nachhaltigkeit. Im Falle des Erwachsenenlernens ist diese bisher kaum überprüfbar. Es scheint aber richtig, die Finanzierung auf mehrere Schultern (Individuen, Öffentlichkeit und Unternehmen) zu verteilen (»Ko-Finanzierung«). Wurzburg stellt hierzu drei in letzter Zeit innerhalb der OECD-Länder diskutierte Lösungstypen vor: Senkung der direkten Weiterbildungskosten für Individ…
In federal Germany the political responsibility for educational planning and research subsidies is newly under discussion. The keyword is „decartelization“. Leibniz association’s vice-president pleads for more interlacing instead of decartelization.
Ein Glückwunsch mit kritischen Anmerkungen und der Aufforderung zu mehr Widerspruchsbearbeitung
