In der Gesellschaft der Bundesrepublik zeichnen sich neue soziale Spaltungen ab. Sie betreffen die gesellschaftliche Einbindung der Menschen und die Qualitäten ihrer gesellschaftlichen Teilhabe, somit die materiellen Grundlagen von Demokratie. Weiterbildung muss angesichts solcher Exklusionstendenzen ihre Positionen neu bestimmen, wenn sie an ihrem Ziel festhalten will, gesellschaftliche Teilhabemöglichkeiten durch Bildung zu erweitern. Der vorliegende Band trägt zu dieser Positionsbestimmung b…
The education cheque, introduced in North Rhine-Westphalia, is a funding instrument which has been running since 2006 and is based on demand. This article presents the central results of an independent evaluation carried out in 2008. The quantitative aims have been achieved, or are likely to be achieved (212,000 attendees funded, 42,000 small and medium-sized enterprises approached by 2013; increasing attendance of continuing education courses in SMEs by two percent). On the negative side the a…
The article is the answer of the (female) author to three questions for the understanding, the development and the most important tasks of gender democracy now and in the future. The actual development of gender democracy as a political target is seen critically by Barbara Stiegler similar to the view of Peter Döge. But at the field of education gender democracy has to be understood as a target in general. Gender mainstreaming as an integrative educational task and issue presupposes gender …
Im Rahmen der Digitalstrategie der Ampelkoalition hat jedes Ressort der Bundesregierung ein sogenanntes Leuchtturmprojekt beigesteuert, das bis 2025 umgesetzt sein soll. Darunter sind zwei Vorhaben mit Weiterbildungsbezug: Der Autor und die Autorin erläutern Ziele, Funktionen und Perspektiven von »Mein Bildungsraum« (BMBF) und »mein NOW« (Nationales Onlineportal für berufliche Weiterbildung, BMAS ), die als Infrastrukturen in die Zuständigkeit des Bundes fallen.
The report focuses on the significance of the term “educational justice” from a socio-ethical perspective based on current political debates. The concepts of equal opportunities, participation and achievements are relevant in the intricate discourse on education and justice. The report is a contribution to the conceptual systematization which is indispensable for a profound analysis of equality related aspects of the education system.
Seit dem russischen Überfall auf die Ukraine stehen die Integrationskursträger und ihre Lehrkräfte vor der Herkulesaufgabe, einer sechsstelligen Zahl von Geflüchteten quasi aus dem Stand adäquate Sprach- und Orientierungskurse anzubieten. Für die Steuerung der bundesweit durchgeführten Integrationskurse ist das Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF) verantwortlich, eine Bundesoberbehörde im Geschäftsbereich des Innenministeriums. Für weiter bilden standen seitens des BAMF Uta Saumweber-…
Most learning activities in continuing education are assigned to enterprise-provided continuing vocational training. There is wide-spread interest in this field and its development. But many researchers point out that the theoretical and conceptual foundations for researching and shaping this field are not adequately unfolded. The variety of enterprise-provided continuing vocational training requires approaches, which allow for differentiation between diverse realities and interests of actors. …
Positive learning experiences in childhood, adolescence, as well as during employment have a favourable effect on learning in old age. From a gerontological perspective, the significance of school education and of professional qualifications attained later in life for educational behaviour in the post-employment phase can be explained with the continuity theory. To evaluate the relevance of one’s educational biography, a representative survey was conducted. 500 individuals at the age from 50 to…
Learning from other countries? International perspectives on participation in continuing education at schools of higher learning This article adopts an international comparative perspective to identify the conditions favouring or impeding participation in university continuing education and seeks to answer the question of what we can learn from other countries. To this end, data selected from seven countries through secondary statistical analyses is presented and systematically compared to t…
The report includes a slightly revised version of a lecture held during the opening ceremony of the German Continuing Education Day in Berlin in 2012. The author focuses on the day’s central idea: surplus value of continuing education and pleads for the use of the benefit concept, which includes the individual’s perspective, as well as the concept of profit with regard to the social and organizational perspective.
