Kooperationen und Netzwerke sind zu einem immer bedeutsameren Verfahren der Zusammenarbeit geworden, haben im Rahmen politischer Steuerung und institutioneller Entwicklung gerade auch im Bildungsbereich an Bedeutung gewonnen. Entsprechend nahm auch ihre Erforschung zu und differenzierte sich. Der REPORT bietet mit diesem Thema die Möglichkeit, Forschungsergebnisse aus erziehungswissenschaftlicher, soziologischer und politikwissenschaftlicher Perspektive zur Rolle, Gestalt und Wirkung von Netzwe…
This paper shows which quality standards are relevant for higher education and business perspective in the development and establishment of successful occupational studying programs. The aim is to record the expectations of universities and companies of quality in the context of continuing higher education. The level of the students is deliberately not placed in the center to allow the institutional view on cooperation. The methods used in connection with these studies are guideline-based int…
Based on considerations of the signaling theory and the reputation approach this study examines whether a relationship between employer-provided continuing vocational training and the success of establishments to recruit external qualified staff, can be demonstrated. The empirical analysis is based on a survey of establishments in Germany carried out in 2011. The results of a multivariate analysis show that establishments with continuing vocational training are more successful in recruiting qua…
Inter-organizational cooperation is understood as a possibility to react on the needs of low skilled adults through the conception of adequate offers. The conception and implementation of new second chance qualification offers that provide a vocational qualification for adults does not only require organizations in the educational system. Also further partners are needed to combine different services across system boundaries that correspond to the educational and to the economic system. The sys…
First results from the PIAAC survey, which was conducted in 25 countries, will be published in October 2013 by OECD. PIAAC collected information about adult competencies through representative data from a background questionnaire and from assessments of three competence domains. In Germany exists an additional study called "Competencies in Later Life" (CiLL), which is designed for people (aged) between 66 and 80 years. This article presents the context of the study, the process of data collecti…
The Financing of vocational adult education has changed a lot over the last decade. Demand-led funding instruments were introduced at federal as well as state level, aiming to support various (target) groups. The paper reviews, whether these funding instruments addressed special gaps in the funding system and tries to provide first and preliminary impressions whether and to what extent these instruments might have contributed to increasing participation rates in Germany. The analysis suggests t…
Particularly, disabled people belong to those being excluded from social participation. From these peoples’ point of view, the UN-Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities formulates specific challenges for the system of adult and continuing education. What results from these challenges with regard to the various social and individual functions given to adult education and lifelong learning? Answers from the field of adult education, from the pedagogy for the disabled and from socio…
Der vorliegende Bericht beinhaltet die Ergebnisse der bundesweiten alphamonitor-Erhebung des Deutschen Instituts für Erwachsenenbildung (DIE) zum Weiterbildungsangebot in der Alphabetisierung/Grundbildung für das Berichtsjahr 2012. Zu diesem unter bildungs- und sozialpolitischen Gesichtspunkten wichtigen Themenfeld der Erwachsenenbildung werden Daten zum Angebotsumfang in den beiden Teilbereichen, zur Teilnahme, zu den Lehrenden und zum Beratungsangebot der Einrichtungen vorgestellt. Datenbasi…
Die zehnte Veröffentlichung der „Weiterbildungsstatistik im Verbund“ fasst im Berichtsjahr 2011 Daten aus fünf großen Organisationen allgemeiner und politischer Weiterbildung zusammen. Für die Weiterbildungsstatik 2011 wurden Daten von 1.898 Einzeleinrichtungen ausgewertet. Diese Angaben wurden auf die insgesamt 2.218 Weiterbildungseinrichtungen im Verbund hochgerechnet. Damit deckt die Verbundstatistik etwa ein Fünftel der Einrichtungen der organisierten Weiterbildung in Deutschland ab u…