Keeping an eye on the practice of management in further education institutions, the observer will encounter a rich variety of changing management strategies. Johannes Hartkemeyer, himself director of a Volkshochschule, scrutinizes past crazes and sets up guidelines for dealing with ever-changing fashions on the one hand, and organisational development on the other hand. His advice is to be a »learning organisation«, watch out for »mental models« of the organisation in a permanent process of ref…
Welche Möglichkeiten bietet die Kompetenzorientierung im Bereich Alphabetisierung und Grundbildung? Wie weit ist die Kompetenzorientierung in den verschiedenen Grundbildungsbereichen fortgeschritten? Entlang des aktuellen Stands der Umsetzung in exemplarischen Inhaltsbereichen werden die Potenziale und Herausforderungen einer Orientierung an Lernergebnissen diskutiert.
The mature adult who participates voluntarily in free educational programmes is a basic assumption, which equally often supports theories and practices of adult education as it is empirically challenged. Neither supply nor demand is consistently characterized by voluntariness. Up to a certain degree, programmes and participation are mandatory. The assumption that responsible adults do not want to, should not and cannot be taught is also considered to be problematic. The article reveals good rea…
In the area of scientific further education the international market situation is eminently conspicuous. The present text distinguishes with the example of Master Studies (Executive MBA Programme) four business models of foreign providers. (1) A foreign programme is exported as a complete package. (2) A foreign programme is offered with licence at a native national university. (3) Business-School-Alliances: a programme is offered in equal shares of two or more university institutions in differe…
Presentation Fourth Technical Meeting for PIAAC (Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies ), Bonn, 20-21 June 2005
On national and international level, a number of alternative financing models for lifelong learning processes are being discussed: self financing by the learners, individual income transfer assurance systems, individual education bonus systems, state funding oder financing by companies or fonds. The author describes the different models recommending mixed cooperative forms for the German educational system.
