This issue of REPORT focuses on current trends in adult and continuing education in various European countries, with a particular emphasis on the situation in Spain, Romania, Finland, Great Britain and Germany. Documenting the results of an international lecture series held at the University of Essen-Duisburg, the essays, for the first time, are presented in English. The articles gathered in this REPORT may serve as a point of departure for further studies in this area of research and contribut…
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Die Einzelveröffentlichungen des DIE vermitteln den aktuellen Kenntnisstand zu einem spezifischen Themenfeld der Weiterbildung. Die Bände sind meist als Reader konzipiert und dokumentieren Ergebnisse aus DIE-Projekten oder von Fachtagungen. Die DIE-Einzelveröffentlichungen richten sich an Vetreter/innen aus Wissenschaft, Praxis und Bildungspolitik.
In today’s societies literacy is regarded as the prerequisite for participating in the professional and private spheres of everyday life. It is regarded as a human right, a tool for personal empowerment and a tool to influence the behaviour of individuals, families and communities. Despite the international consensus that literacy skills determine opportunities and provide access to today’s information-based societies, many adults in both industrialized and developing countries find themselves …
The "Red Series" provides quick access and initial orientation regarding the characteristics and features of continuing education in the individual countries. The volumes combine country-specific data and information on a scientific basis. A comprehensive service section facilitates further enquiries. On this base, continuing educators from research, practice and administration are able to prepare coopertion activities.
Auch wenn die Beschäftigung mit dem Thema offene Bildungsmaterialien (OER) in den vergangenen Jahren stark zugenommen hat und die Abkürzung OER inzwischen vielen in der Bildung Tätigen geläufig sein sollte, ist die Bildungslandschaft in Deutschland von einem flächendeckenden Einsatz von OER weit entfernt. Wie ist es um OER in der EB / WB bestellt? Ist die Erstellung und Verwendung von offenen Bildungsmaterialien in der Erwachsenenbildung sinnvoll und wünschenswert – und wie kann sie gelingen? D…
First results from the PIAAC survey, which was conducted in 25 countries, will be published in October 2013 by OECD. PIAAC collected information about adult competencies through representative data from a background questionnaire and from assessments of three competence domains. In Germany exists an additional study called "Competencies in Later Life" (CiLL), which is designed for people (aged) between 66 and 80 years. This article presents the context of the study, the process of data collecti…
Inter-organizational cooperation is understood as a possibility to react on the needs of low skilled adults through the conception of adequate offers. The conception and implementation of new second chance qualification offers that provide a vocational qualification for adults does not only require organizations in the educational system. Also further partners are needed to combine different services across system boundaries that correspond to the educational and to the economic system. The sys…
This article is based on the significance of informal forms of learning in the context of lifelong learning as well as the structural educational theory following Marotzki. The authors sum up qualitative-empirical research findings on orientational changes of travel workers – young adults – while visiting and working in foreign countries to finance their journey. On this base, structural aspects of these journeys are identified, which can create an educational space: critical experiences, autot…
