The question how to improve the short-term as well as the long-term success of continuing vocational education and training (CVET) is of great importance for companies. Currently, however, evaluations in practice are still often only of a summative nature. Based on a practically applicable model and empirical data from participants in a wide range of CVET courses (N?=?477), this paper presents various factors organisations can use to affect the subjective success of CVET, both in the “learning …
The "learning time account" links the politics of working hours with professional adult education. As a derivative from the "working hours account" it represents an instrument with which the worked for time demands of the employee is changed into adult education instead of into money. Depending on whether the adult education serves work related or private matters, the resources are made available by the employer or by the employee (time and money). In the discussion of lifelong learning the ins…
Die Entwicklung von PAS (Pädagogische Arbeitsstelle des Deutschen Volkshochschulverbandes) als Übersetzer von Forschungserkenntnissen in die praktische Arbeit der Volkshochschulen hin zum DIE (Deutsches Institut der Erwachsenenbildung) als Servicezentrum für Wissenschaft und Praxis ist hier Gegenstand des Textes.
The process of interconnectedness as a win of synergy in educational institutions Experiences from the accompanied concrete network work This contribution gives an insight into concrete interconnection activities of institutions of advanced vocational training in Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony and Thuringia. For this, empirical findings are quoted, synergy effects and research demand are named.
Adult Education is rarely associated with genuine research methods. But recently a number of innovative methodical approaches have emerged which have been implemented in adult education. Often these empirical approaches are interconnected and therefore will be in the focus of our attention. This edition of REPORT will present and evaluate these innovative research methods in adult education.
The article is based on the assumption that there is a dialectical correlation between biography and society. The authors develop an analytical category to better conceptually capture the influence of education policy frameworks through individuals’ professional performance. The main focus will be on the life stories of two figures which are pivotal for the development of the Hessian or even German history of adult education: Walter Korn and Rudi Rohlmann.
Das Projekt "Soziale und personale Kompetenzen als Basisqualifikation in der Erwachsenenbildung" hatte zum Ziel, die genannte Thematik für Adressaten der Weiterbildungsbereiche Elematarbildung, berufliche Wiedereingliederung und Umschulung zu bearbeiten. Das Buch fasst die Ergebnisse zusammen.