The article refers to the demand for adult economic literacy as well as its objectives. Present demands require intensification. These demands are evident in the behaviour of educational consumers and providers, and even more so in the social expectations expressed by all relevant groups. The text concludes with a reference to the particular public responsibility to provide suitable programmes.
The study examines how research-based learning, based on grounded theory, might enhance students learning abilities. In the context of a qualitative experiment, two groups of students were introduced to research-based learning. The students involved were asked about their learning experiences afterwards. The results of the study implicate that research-based learning is a promising approach for the development of self-determined learning. Students were critical, however, regarding the incompati…
Seit November 2018 finden Beratungen statt, in denen die Sozialpartner, Länder, Kammern und die Bundesagentur für Arbeit gemeinsam mit den Bundesministerien für Arbeit und Soziales (BMAS ), Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) und Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWi) die Nationale Weiterbildungsstrategie entwickeln. Die Autorinnen bewerten den Prozess aus Sicht der Gewerkschaften.
In den bildungspolitischen Diskursen um gesellschaftliche Herausforderungen wie den demographischen Wandel, die Forderung nach lebenslangem Lernen für alle und dem Ruf der Wirtschaft nach Förderung von Schlüsselkompetenzen wird die kulturelle Erwachsenenbildung kaum berücksichtigt. Betrachtet man allerdings diese Herausforderungen wird deutlich, dass heute eine Orientierung der Förderung von Erwachsenenbildung auf arbeitsmarktbezogene Aspekte zu kurz greift.
The German Society for Promotion of Research at Old Age (Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Forschung im Alter – DGFFA) wants to give an impulse for the intensification of the discussion on those aspects of the demographic change, to which the universities/colleges would need to devote themselves to in due time, if they strive to consolidate their future viability in a society of lifelong learning. The presented suggestions in this contribution are components of a position paper that a wor…
