In Switzerland, experienced teachers can validate their competencies which they have achieved in the field of adult education. By submitting a self-assessment which is oriented along a competency profile, to the Swiss Association for Continuing Education (SVEB), the teachers demonstrate in a comprehensible way that they possess the necessary competences to teach in adult education. Experts examine the submitted self-assessments and use the competency profile as a reference standard. The experts…
Vortrag anlässlich der Fachtagung ‚Interkulturelle Altenpflege – von der Theorie zur Praxis’ am 22.01.2002 in Königswinter; Projekt [iku:]
Communication competences of adult educators are challenged intensively. Successful learning largely depends on the subject matter’s mediative aspects: rhetoric and vocal processes prove to be significant for the learning atmosphere, group dynamics, understandable knowledge communication and setting group and feedback processes in motion. As a result, a sound and comprehensive repertoire of communicative competences is essential, which can be acquired in close relation to linguistics and speech…
Mit dem Perspektivwechsel von Bildung zum Lernen und der Ausweitung des Verständnisses von Lernen auf auch außerhalb des Bildungssystems erworbene Kenntnisse und Fähigkeiten hat der Kompetenzbegriff in der Weiterbildung an Bedeutung gewonnen. Dabei ist er zu einem Universalbegriff geworden, der anschlussfähig an wissenschaftliche und bildungspolitische Diskussionen ist, dem es aber auch mitunter an inhaltlicher Präzision fehlt. Die vollständig aktualisierte Auflage bietet einen umfassenden Ein…
“Validpack” – new tool to validate the skills of adult educators The article describes how, as part of a European project, a validation tool has been developed to validate skills in adult education teaching. Validating adult educators' skills may be one step in the discussion concerning the professionalisation of adult education. There is a description of the aims of the tool, the competence framework it is based on, and the individual steps in the process. So that it can also be of advanta…
