The author certifies the integration courses for immigrants, which were launched at the beginning of this year, a false start. The responsible Federal Agency allegedly operates with delusive numbers of started courses; the approval procedures are supposed to be too lengthy and the implementation for the sponsor of language courses is allegedly unprofitable. This is supposed to apply intensified to the 30 hour long orientation course, where hardly any direct payers can be expected. Especially t…
Biographical Learning as a Contribution to the Professionalization in Adult Education at University Level Biographical learning as a subject matter in the course of studies is a method to reflect upon and change individual learning strategies. One can describe such strategies both as an unconscious as well conscious reflection of biographies that strive for development. On the one hand, this is aiming at reflecting previous learning processes; on the other hand, this shall serve to develop a…
Welche Fähigkeiten brauchen Menschen, um in Krisen und Katastrophen handlungsfähig zu bleiben? Disaster Preparedness umfasst nicht nur die organisatorische Vorbereitung auf kritische Ereignisse, sondern auch die Förderung psychischer Resilienz als zentralen Bestandteil wirksamer Vorsorge. Der Beitrag beschreibt Resilienz als Bündel adaptiver Kompetenzen, erläutert ihre Bedeutung für Bevölkerung und Einsatzkräfte und diskutiert, wie diese durch Bildungs- und Trainingsangebote gezielt gefördert w…
The project GRETA – basics for a standardized process for recognizing teachers’ and trainers’ competences in adult and continuing education – developed an interdisciplinary structural competence model encompassing all tasks for teachers and trainers in adult and continuing education. It is the basis for developing procedures for recognizing and certifying relevant competences for teaching and training in adult and continuing education. So far GRETA will develop a concept for validation procedur…
Although adult educators are inevitably confronted with ethical problems in their work, they have not yet developed a code of professional ethics to guide them and justify their actions both to themselves and others. One possible strategy to intensify the discourse on professional ethics, the author suggests, may be to interlink the debates on professional ethics and professionalisation.
