The Plan to market transition brought with it the restructuring of the labour market, but also unemployment, new job profiles, and ongoing reform of the education system. Within the catch-up process of joining the EU and harmonizing the legislative framework and developments with the aquis communautaire, the effort to set up and implement effective policies was relatively coherent. But the results achieved so far show that much more efforts are needed, as the participation rate of adults in edu…
Dietrich, Stephan; Herr, Monika: Organisational development and new learning cultures The theme “new teaching and learning cultures” is a thematic focus in the professional discourse of adult education for a few years already. One consequence of the hightened attention is an increasingly differentiated understanding of what can be regarded as the ”new teaching and learning cultures”. It can be observed that the treatment of the theme does not allow a restriction on the questions of didactics…
A new profession for trainers of vocational education »Professional pedagogue for training and further education (by the chambers of commerce)« The contribution reports on the context, concept and perspectives of a pilot further education for »Professional pedagogue for training and further education (by the chambers of commerce)«, which is currently being tested in Bavaria. It ensures especially the pedagogical qualification of the trainers which is urgently required today and it supports t…
Lehrkräfte bilden die zahlenmäßig größte Gruppe der Praktiker in der Erwachsenen- und Weiterbildung. Sie firmieren je nach Handlungsfeld als Trainerinnen, Dozenten, Teamerinnen, Lernbegleiter oder Kursleitende. Ungeachtet ihrer Bedeutung für die Qualität der Lehr-Lernprozesse und ihrer Funktion als Repräsentanten der Einrichtungen gegenüber den Teilnehmenden standen sie lange nicht im Fokus der Bemühungen um Professionalisierung und Professionalitätsentwicklung. Im Zuge aktueller Projekte rücke…
Scientific Training and Further Education on Career Guidance in International Comparison Most international experts insist that neutral and efficient career guidance can only be guaranteed by a very high professional proficiency of the counsellors. In recent years qualification offers for trainers have huge differences in both quality and contents of training. The contribution illustrates, on the basis of international studies, the efforts to establish European standards of qualifications fo…
Using the crisis-ridden Afghanistan as an example the authors show the importance of adult und continuing education for the positive development of a conflict region. By strengthening the employability of young people in transition from school to university or professional life it helps preventing frustration, aggression and violence – and thus also the emergence of new conflicts.
Qualitätsentwicklung – als kontinuierlicher Prozess der Organisationsentwicklung verstanden – ist eng verbunden mit der Frage wie sich das eigene Personal entwickelt. Weiterbildungseinrichtungen suchen in diesem Zusammenhang vielfach nach Instrumenten der Personalentwicklung, da sie für sich an dieser Stelle Professionalisierungsbedarf sehen. Der Text wendet sich an Weiterbildungseinrichtungen, die sich in einem Qualitätsentwicklungsprozess befinden und bietet für den Bereich der Personalentwi…
Teacher training responds to the PISA results with professional qualification of the teaching staff in the areas of deficiency (language and reading competence, mathematical-scientific knowledge, competence in diagnosis and support). Apart from that it must also help school as a system to evolve in manifold ways (obligatory training, school autonomy, staff development, co-operation of schools in matters of instruction, systematical planning of training measures).
