In Germany numerous instruments exist for the documentation of individual activities of lifelong learning in formal, non-formal and informal educational contexts. Under the heading of »education passport« alone there are 48 different activities. A systematical and comprehensive approach to the recording, documentation and evaluation of knowledge, skills and competences is lacking up to now. The authors of the DIE project BIBER plumb the chances for a convergence process, which however faces pro…
Quality in further education is not supposed first and foremost to serve the educational organisation itself (the „within“), but the learners (the organisation’s „without”). The “without” should therefore have a substantial say when quality measures are developed and evaluated. Dr. Ch. Ehses and Prof. Dr. R. Zech of the “ArtSet Institut für kritische Sozialforschung und Bildungsarbeit e.V.” explain why the external view-point – the learners’ perspective – is essential, how it can work and what …
Migrants are faced with the particular challenge of gaining acknowledgment and social acceptance of their qualifications acquired in their country of origin. They stand to benefit from a comprehensive implementation of the lifelong learning strategy. The acknowledgement of individual skills and competences should not depend on the individual learning environment. Being successful in the labour market is an important objective for holders of foreign qualifications. In addition, being located in …
Reflections on the current quality debate from a subject scientific perspective The subject scientific theory perspective presented in this contribution makes learning actions from the viewpoint of the learning subjects a subject of discussion. Learning is thereby not composed as a dependent variable of teaching, but as subjective justified acting, that is based on interests, needs and sensitivities which are developed by the learners against the background of societal significance constella…
In den vergangenen Jahren war die Mehrzahl der Publikationen zum E-Learning in der betrieblichen Bildung geprägt von euphorischer Prognostik. Einer geringen Anzahl von empirischen Arbeiten zum tatsächlichen Einsatz von E-Learning im betrieblichen Umfeld stand eine große Anzahl von Veröffentlichungen gegenüber, welche die Möglichkeiten der schönen neuen Lernwelt ausmalten. Weil der Umfang der Nutzung von E- Learning weit hinter den Erwartungen zurückgeblieben ist, geht es heute um kritische…
In dem Beitrag wird anhand der Plattform "Edupolis" kritisch hinterfragt, welche Möglichkeiten das Internet für die politische Bildung eröffnet. Schwerpunkte der Darstellung sind Anmerkungen zum digitale divide und Beobachtungen zur Qualität des Lernens am Beispiel des Diskussionsverhaltens im Forum. Als problematisch werden eingeschätzt: die Schriftlichkeit als Ausschlussgrund unterer Bildungsschichten, die Komplexititätsreduktion duch das Chatten und die¤ hohen Anforderungen an die Zeits…
