Vom Erkenntniswert der Vogelperspektive. Weiterbildung in Zahlen am Beispiel von BSW und AES

Proceeding from the educational policy objective of achieving greater participation in continuing education, this article presents a set of instruments with which the learning and educational behaviour of adults can be measured statistically. Taking the example of data selected from the Continuing Education Reporting System (Berichtssystem Weiterbildung (BSW)) and the Adult Education Survey (AES), the potential for analysis and the generation of knowledge offered by statistics on continuing education are explored. Data on volumes of continuing education, the number and duration of learning activities and the sectoral location of continuing education activities are presented in international comparison.