Soft skills more important than formal pedagogic qualifications

Requirements placed on teachers by continuing vocational education providers

Coverbild: BWP 4/2015
Autor/in
Ausgabe/Jahr (Jahrgang) 4/2015 (44)
Seite(n) 14-18
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    englisch

In recent years the issue of the pedagogic professionalization of staff in continuing education has been widely discussed. Based on the latest results of the wbmonitor, the article looks at the issue of which requirements continuing education providers currently rank as particularly relevant when selecting teachers. The results show that certified pedagogic qualifications are of less importance. Due mainly to the structural heterogeneity of the continuing education sector, agreement on uniform entry requirements for teaching in continuing education seems almost impossible to achieve.