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Lifelong Learning

Lifelong Learning

Indispensable for everyone today

Traditional vocational training is still an important career milestone, but it is neither the starting point nor the end of the line. The Internet of Things, automation and AI systems are creating jobs that require completely different skills and competencies than we can imagine today.  That is why Lifelong Learning is so important.

Lifelong Learning is a concept that aims to enable people to learn throughout their lifespan and thus not lose touch with the labor market, the economy and society. Lifelong Learning places significant emphasis on the self and information literacy of individuals and has found inclusion in many conservative as well as progressive education policy programs.

Lifelong Learning: for yourself or for the boss?

Incidentally, the term is much older than the debate today in the context of digitization. In 1962, lifelong education was first listed as a topic in the documents of international organizations. At the then UNESCO conference in Hamburg, there was a reference to the fact that the International Committee for the Advancement of Adult Education, which was set up by the Paris headquarters, addressed the demand for lifelong education for all. Despite the multiple use of the term, there has never been a universally accepted definition. In the European Union, 1996 was the “European Year of Lifelong Learning”.

In cooperation with UNESCO, the United Nations developed a concept for Lifelong Learning with the aim of enabling people to master all of life’s challenges on the basis of individual self-determination. The main aim is to promote self-confident, intelligent, and creative action and not primarily to meet the expectations of teachers, trainers, and employers, which are all too often short-sighted and geared to specific performance. Later, the concept of Lifelong Learning acquired the connotation of imparting competencies that are primarily subject to entrepreneurial and economic considerations and that are in demand in the labor market.

Further interesting posts on “Lifelong Learning”

Is there a half-life of knowledge?

Is there a half-life of knowledge?

Is the knowledge that has already been acquired called into question? No, says sociologist Prof. Dr. Robert Helmrich, who got to the bottom of this question using theoretical assumptions and empirical findings. In his view, knowledge by no means loses its significance, but instead evolves and changes. Even knowledge that no one asks for anymore ultimately remains knowledge.

Posted on 23. March 202223. March 2022 by Tobias Kirchhoff

Classic classroom training – still far from out of fashion

Classic classroom training – still far from out of fashion

Classic classroom training or face-to-face seminars play an important role in the range of analog and digital learning formats. The advantages: immediate communication, promotion of personal learning, and practice in a quiet, safe place where the learner can concentrate fully on the learning process and content.

Posted on 7. March 201910. March 2022 by Christina Strotmann

Nine learning strategies

Nine learning strategies

Practice makes your learning strategy perfect: regular training enables what has been learned to be permanently anchored in the brain. Never rest on your laurels, but also repeat knowledge that you have already mastered.

Posted on 13. February 20192. December 2021 by Tobias Kirchhoff

Career dreams can become true with TÜV Rheinland Academy

Career dreams can become true with TÜV Rheinland Academy

So it's not always the direct route that leads to the dream job, but that's exactly what you should expect and inform yourself accordingly. Especially the increasing digitalization and automation offers exciting, sometimes undreamed of development possibilities - e.g. with TÜV Rheinland Academy.

Posted on 5. December 20182. December 2021 by Tobias Kirchhoff

Internal communication: How to optimize it?

Internal communication: How to optimize it?

Many managers allegedly lack time to communicate adequately with their employees. How is everyone supposed to pull together if most don't know which end and to what end? Here are a few tips on how you can improve internal communication with employees as a leader in your organization.

Posted on 16. October 20182. December 2021 by Tobias Kirchhoff

Learning types and strategies of today

Learning types and strategies of today

Overwhelmed, distracted, restless: Regain your employees' attention! Insufficient participation, low commitment, lack of satisfaction: When it comes to in-house training, companies today can find it difficult to motivate their employees to obtain a qualification. Why is that? According to a…

Posted on 18. September 20182. December 2021 by Tobias Kirchhoff

70-20-10 Learning model

70-20-10 Learning model

70 percent we learn in the job, 20 percent in social interaction with one another and 10 percent in the context of formal further training. 30 years have passed since Michael M. Lombardo and Robert W. Eichinger first published this insight in their book "The Career Architect Development Planner". With some adaptions, the formula is still valid.

Posted on 10. September 20182. December 2021 by Markus Dohm

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