Trotz vielfältiger Anstrengungen der letzten Jahre, geflüchtete Menschen mit Sprach- und Integrationskursen zu versorgen, bleibt die Teilnahme von Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund an Weiterbildung insgesamt unterdurchschnittlich. Es bedarf, so die Autorin, nicht nur punktueller Anstrengungen, sondern einer konsequenten interkulturellen Öffnung der Einrichtungen und Institutionen, um dies zu ändern.
Justice and the right to continuing education Education opportunities are unfairly distributed. In the area, too, of continuing education there are disadvantaged groups of persons who especially have already suffered discrimination during their initial vocational education and training. The demand for equal opportunities which dates back to Aristotle and John Rawls implies that everyone who suffers as a result of insufficient or unsatisfactory results in their initial training should have a…
The product clinic – a method to plan demand-oriented planning of courses and programmes for continuing higher education Continuing higher education is facing the challenge of having to react to heterogenous target groups and having to position itself in the competitive market of further education. In order to be able to plan demand-oriented programms for further education, knowledge of the addressees´ specific educational needs is required. Product clinics as an innovative method of market …
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 …
Das Thema Ökonomische (Grund-)Bildung hat in den letzten Jahren zunehmend Auftrieb erhalten und ist auch in der Erwachsenen- und Weiterbildung angekommen: Mit der Integration ökonomischer Bildung in Literacy-Diskurse ist sie weiterbildungspolitisch in den Erwartungshorizont an öffentliche Daseinsvorsorge eingezogen. Das Heft führt in die Debatte um ökonomische Erwachsenenbildung ein und gibt einen Überblick über bereits bestehende Praxis in diesem Bereich.
Education reports are a core element of the new governance model in the educational system: they provide data to support political decision-makers in evidence-based governance. For that purpose, indicators are developed to monitor context, input, processes and outcomes of educational efforts. This article analyzes actual report segments on further education in various report systems with respect to the picture of these dimensions of further education. The applicability of the existing indicator…
Die Bildungsberichterstattung erfährt in den letzten Jahren einen erheblichen Aufschwung - auch die Politik erhebt den Anspruch, eine forschungsbasierte Bildungspolitik betreiben zu wollen. Der Bereich der Weiterbildung kommt in dieser Entwicklung jedoch deutlich zu kurz. Diese Lücke schließt ein neuer forschungsbasierter Report über die Trends in der Weiterbildung, verfasst von einer Wissenschaftlergruppe des DIE. Ausgewertet werden Daten zu den Bereichen Beteiligung, Teilnahmefelder, Angebot,…
Vocational continuing education by gainfully employed persons – the explanatory power of activity-related features for continuing education behaviour Socio-demographic, company and employment data is often used to explain continuing education behaviour of individuals. Even though continuing education needs arise directly in the job context, job-related aspects are less frequently taken into account – not least due to the availability of data. This has been made possible, however, by a repres…
The contribution contrasts interview statements of further education managers of the car industry from the years 1994 and 2004. The expert interviews draw a sober picture of the reality of operational education in the branch: the methods of determination of requirements and of the educational controlling are barely more elaborated than ten years ago; innovations of the industrial relations law do not grip; group work and e-learning are no longer favoured forms. Therefore the further education o…
Hedonism and body cult have to be considered as social phenomena. They are an expression of the individualisaton of health behaviour and of the search for wellness. Wellness is connected with sensuality and enjoyment in many people’s minds. Health consciousness is influenced by individual experience. Health learning can incorporate wellness and the experiential dimension in a productive way.
