The Northrhine-Westphalian labour ministry, in a research project carried out by the Landesinstitut für Qualifikation (State’s Institute for Qualification) in Soest, investigated what possible contribution to immigrant integration might be expected from the State’s institutions of further education. The results, laid down in the study „The contribution of further education twoards the integration of immigrants”, look like a list of shortcomings: insufficient data, an unclear market structure, a…
Manchen Einflüssen ist die Erwachsenenbildung einfach ausgesetzt: den bildungspolitischen Schwerpunktsetzungen der Europäischen Kommission etwa, den Ergebnissen international vergleichender Studien oder einem Interview in der ZEIT, in dem der Nobelpreisträger James Heckman Dinge sagt, die die Erwachsenenbildung betreffen. Was diese Impulse bedeuten, leuchten die Beiträge von Tippelt und Schmidt-Hertha sowie das Gespräch« aus. Andere Impulse möchte die Redaktion bewusst setzen. Zu diesem Zweck…
The Dynamis review has been designed to provide an overview about applications of the Dynamis approach in cognitive psychology. Since the development of computer-based scenarios Dynamis, based on linear structural equation systems, has become increasingly popular as a tool for analysing decision making and complex problem solving. Beginning with the role of system size, connectivity, and types of relations in a system (e. g, eigendynamics and side effects) it has been discussed how formal syste…
Organization and Participants – Development of the instrument [OrTe] to evaluate expectations regarding teaching, learning, and organization in further education Most of the quality management procedures in continuing education require participant surveys. The perusal of 72 questionnaires in the field of continuing education practice showed that they are mostly related to the participants’ satisfaction with their teachers and the organisation of the course. When those questionnaires’ results…
