Migration means diversity – a plea for differentiated consideration of the continuing education behaviour exhibited by adults from a migrant background

The necessity and high significance of training and continuing education are now beyond dispute. They are frequently viewed as a key to societal participation and equality of opportunity, particularly with regard to the example of migration. The data situation regarding adults from a migrant background and the continuing education behaviour of such persons has greatly improved, even if research gaps still persist with regard to aspects such as analyses of continuing education participation that take account of various and diverse life circumstances and investigations of different segments of continuing education. After providing a brief insight into the levels of diversity exhibited by persons from a migrant background, this article goes on to look at this group’s participation in continuing education.