Networks of citizens’ commitment – On the role of adult education within the scope of the network work with the older Introduced are the partial results of a research project in North-Rhine-Westphalia, in which networks of citizens’ commitment in Düsseldorf in the area of work with older people have been evaluated. At the beginning of the contribution the term of network is explained, then the personal pre-requisites for citizens’ commitment are sketched and concluding the model of self-orga…
Private individuals in Germany bear in some cases high costs individually and spend leisure time to a considerable extent for their professional further qualification. To what extent does the investment of money and time pay for course participants in further education? The author outlines how course participants estimate to which degree they benefit from their professional further education and how they judge the relationship of cost and effect. A high degree of satisfaction is found. However…
Within the process of socio-political transition adult education is an important tool for Eastern Europeans to orientate themselves in their rapidly changing social environment and to find new professional perspectives. Nevertheless, there are many obstacles blocking the way to the participation of all ethnic groups of the former Soviet Union in adult education courses. The article intends to show that besides various objective reasons, e.g. the disastrous economical situation, there are sever…
On national and international level, a number of alternative financing models for lifelong learning processes are being discussed: self financing by the learners, individual income transfer assurance systems, individual education bonus systems, state funding oder financing by companies or fonds. The author describes the different models recommending mixed cooperative forms for the German educational system.
Ministerialdirigent Dr. Peter Krug ist Leiter der Abteilung Weiterbildung und pädagogische Dienste im Ministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Weiterbildung Rheinland-Pfalz und Vorsitzender des Ausschusses Fort- und Weiterbildung der Kultusministerkonferenz. Im Gespräch mit Ekkehard Nuissl diskutiert Peter Krug verschiedene Ansätze zu Finanzierung lebenslangen Lernens.
Die Disziplin der Bildungsökonomie untersucht den Zusammenhang zwischen Bildungswesen und wirtschaftlicher Entwicklung, zwischen Bildungspolitik und lebenslangem Lernen. In den 60er Jahren rückte die Frage nach der Bedeutung von Bildung für das wirtschaftliche Wachstum einer Gesellschaft in den Vordergrund. Pichts alarmierende Prognose, dass ohne Veränderung der Bildungspolitik und des Bildungswesens eine „bildungspolitische Katastrophe“ unausweichlich sei, bestimmt die Diskussion bis zum heuti…