Integration of learning and practice as part of the educational system development in Eritrea. "School Management" - a distance learning program by technical university of Kaiserslautern

The distance learning program "School Management" supports decision makers at the school and ministerial levels in the shaping of formal and informal learning processes at different levels in schools and curricula in Eritrea. This paper examines how the distance learning program is interconnected to educational system development. (DIPF/Orig.)

Lernen vor Ort - Skizze eines bundesweiten Projekts

Der Beitrag gewährt einen Überblick über die Zielstellungen und die Struktur des Bundesprogramms Lernen vor Ort. Dabei werden sowohl die Organisation des Gesamtprogramms sowie die vorgegebenen Handlungsfelder der Ausgestaltung eines kommunalen Bildungsmanagements für die 40 geförderten Kreise und kreisfreien Städte betrachtet. Lernen vor Ort wird als maßgeblicher Impuls einer bestärkten kommunalen Bildungsgestaltung eingeordnet und in Bezug zu den konzeptionellen Leitlinien vorhergehender Modellprogramme zur Entwicklung regionaler, kommunaler und lokaler Bildungslandschaften gesetzt, um so die intendierten Akzente in der Zielrichtung des Programms zu markieren. Als verbindlichen Bestandteil eines abgestimmten kommunalen Bildungsmanagements sieht das Programm ein langfristig konzipiertes kommunales Bildungsmonitoring als eines von vier verbindlichen Aktionsfeldern vor. Dieses greift der Beitrag im Schwerpunkt auf, vermittelt eine grundsätzliche Begriffsklärung und stellt darauf bezugnehmend den Nutzen für eine evidenzbasierte Gestaltung und Steuerung von Bildung auf kommunaler Ebene dar.

Rudolf Lassahn/Birgit Ofenbach (Hrsg.): Bildung in Europa. Frankfurt a. M./Bern: Lang 1993. 162 S. [...] [Sammelrezension]

Sammelrezension von: 1. Rudolf Lassahn/Birgit Ofenbach (Hrsg.): Bildung in Europa. Frankfurt a. M./Bern: Lang 1993. 162 S. 2. Walter Hornstein/Gerd Mutz unter Mitarbeit von Irene Kühnlein und Angelika Poferl: Die europäische Einigung als gesellschaftlicher Prozeß. Soziale Problemlagen, Partizipation und kulturelle Transformation. Baden-Baden: Nomos 1993. 275 S.

Driven entrepreneurial education in vocational schools

Vocational Education and Training (VET) is offered throughout the world to students of various educational backgrounds and career aspirations in an effort to create a skilled workforce. The structure of VET varies greatly across different fields and countries with high-growth, low-growth, and transitional economies. However, a common critique of many vocational institutions is that they focus on skills training without addressing related business systems. Thus, students may not understand the business strategies related to their field, which stifles job readiness and entrepreneurial potential. To counter this, a more context-driven and integrated entrepreneurial approach is proposed for VET. Benefits, disadvantages, and exemplars of various types of vocational and entrepreneurial programs are evaluated to determine how their strengths might be leveraged. Such integrated entrepreneurial and vocational training would more suitably address context-specific market needs via both practical and transferrable skills, thus helping to reduce unemployment, particularly among youth in sub-Saharan Africa. (DIPF/Orig.)

Recognition in programmes for children with special needs

The purpose of this article is to examine the factors that affect the inclusion of pupils in programmes for children with special needs from the perspective of the theory of recognition. The concept of recognition, which includes three aspects of social justice (economic, cultural and political), argues that the institutional arrangements that prevent ‘parity of participation’ in the school social life of the children with special needs are affected not only by economic distribution but also by the patterns of cultural values. A review of the literature shows that the arrangements of education of children with special needs are influenced primarily by the patterns of cultural values of capability and inferiority, as well as stereotypical images of children with special needs. Due to the significant emphasis on learning skills for academic knowledge and grades, less attention is dedicated to factors of recognition and representational character, making it impossible to improve some meaningful elements of inclusion. Any participation of pupils in activities, the voices of the children, visibility of the children due to achievements and the problems of arbitrariness in determining boundaries between programmes are some such elements. Moreover, aided by theories, the actions that could contribute to better inclusion are reviewed. An effective approach to changes would be the creation of transformative conditions for the recognition and balancing of redistribution, recognition, and representation. (DIPF/Orig.)