Local responses to local challenges Marketing strategies of adult education centres during times of demographic change As a result of their course offerings and their target groups, adult education centres offer excellent prerequisites for structuring and shaping demographic change at the local level. These centres thus fulfil a necessary social function while at the same time strengthening their own position. Target-group oriented marketing by the same token plays a major role in order to …
Dealing professionally with negative emotions Tolerance of frustration and ambiguity as a key competence of providers of continuing education Dealing with disruptions is a key challenge in educational activities. This article uses abusive, insulting or fault-finding statements by participants to analyse professional ways of dealing with negative emotions. Tolerance of frustration and ambiguity are developed theoretically, understood as an element of a broad “feelings-management” and propa…
Dieser Report gibt einen Überblick über die vorliegenden Informationen zu den Weiterbildungsanbietern in Deutschland und entwickelt auf dieser Grundlage Hinweise zu einer Strategie für eine möglichst vollständige Erhebung dieser Anbieter. Nach einer Klärung der Begriffe „Anbieter", „Träger" und „Einrichtungen" werden vorliegende Quellen mit Informationen über die Weiterbildungsanbieter dargestellt: Statistiken, Einrichtungsverzeichnisse und Datenbanken sowie Untersuchungen, die Angaben zu ein…
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…
