Im Mittelpunkt der Diskussion: Berufsberatung in der europäischen Union und Aussichten auf internationale Richtlinien Berufsberatung als Maßnahme steht erneut im Mittelpunkt der politischen Diskussion und ist als Schlüsselelement einer lebenslangen Lernstrategie wiedererkannt worden. Sie wird als Meilenstein in der Entwicklung einer auf Wissen fundierten Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft betrachtet und diskutiert. Eine derartige Anerkennung ist vom Europäischen Rat sowie von der OECD, der Weltban…
Personal and organisational educational counselling The need for support in the search for tailor-made educational programmes is growing along with the ongoing individualisation of educational pathways. Counselling of individuals and organisations is gaining importance in this context. This issue focuses both on new theories as well as educational policy developments, devoting attention to current challenges in various fields of action: the training of vocational counsellors, research of coun…
The demographic development in Germany will lead to the society servicing more older people than younger people. Against this background the contribution shows in which way institutions of communal adult education are called upon for developing specific offers that consider the different educational requirements and educational necessities of a very heterogeneous age group. By means of examples from the work at adult evening classes (Volkshochschulen) the author clarifies how contents, teaching…
There are only a few studies on the scale and structure of on-the-job-training for elder employees. This article provides basic results using data of the IAB-Establishment-Panel. In addition to human capital theory we try to explain the firm behaviour considering rational choice theory, which allows non-economic explications. After introducing descriptive statistics, the authors test the assumption whether a positive (negative) attitude towards elderly leads to more (less) training. Results ind…
