Hans-peter Blossfeld

Education as a Lifelong Process: The German National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) - Zeitschrift fur Erziehungswissenschaft - Sonderheft Hans-peter Blossfeld 2011 edition

Description for Sales People: In modernen Wissensgesellschaften ist Bildung die zentrale Voraussetzung sowohl fur die demokratische Teilhabe als auch fur wirtschaftliches Wachstum und Wohlstand. Eine sich zunehmend rascher wandelnde, globalisierte Welt erfordert die Bewaltigung neuer Anforderungen im privaten Leben und in der Berufs- und Arbeitswelt. Um mehr uber den Bildungserwerb und seine Folgen fur individuelle Lebensverlaufe zu erfahren, um zentrale Bildungsprozesse und -verlaufe uber die gesamte Lebensspanne zu beschreiben und zu analysieren, wird in Deutschland aktuell das Nationale Bildungspanel aufgebaut. Dieses ZfE-Sonderheft informiert uber die Konzeption des Nationalen Bildungspanels, die Einbettung in die Forschungslandschaft, die inhaltlichen Schwerpunkte, die betrachteten Bildungsabschnitte und besonders interessante methodische und datenschutzrechtliche Aspekte. "Table of Contents: The National Educational Panel Study: Need, Main Features and Research Potential - Education as a Lifelong Process - Data on Educational Processes: National and International Comparison - Samples and Methodological Challenges - Competence Development across the Life Course - Education Processes in Life-Course-Specific Learning Environments - Social Inequality and Educational Decisions in the Life Course - Education Acquisition with Migration Background across the Life Span - Education Returns in the Life Course - From Birth to KindergartenJacket Description/Back: Like other modern industrialized societies, Germany has evolved into a knowledge-based economy in which the role of education and educational institutions has become a key factor in all phases of the life course. More than ever before, education has become a lifelong process in which individuals continue to learn in formal, nonformal, and informal environments throughout their lives. As a result, their educational careers and competencies and how these unfold in relation to the family, educational institutions, workplaces, and private life have become a topic of major national interest. Understanding what is happening over the life course requires a longitudinal approach. This is why the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) for the Federal Republic of Germany has been set up to collect longitudinal data on educational processes and competence development within a multicohort sequence design, and to make this data available to the scientific community. The 20 chapters in this special issue deliver valuable information on the conception of NEPS, how it is embedded in the research landscape, its major theoretical dimensions, the educational stages being analyzed, along with several interesting methodological aspects and data protection issues. Biographical Note: Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. Hans-Peter Blossfeld holds the Chair of Sociology I at the University of Bamberg and is Principal Investigator of the National Educational Panel Study. Professor Dr. Hans-Gunther Rossbach holds the Chair for Early Childhood Education at the University of Bamberg and is in charge of the Research Group Learning Environments within the National Educational Panel Study. Dr. Jutta von Maurice is Executive Director of Research of the National Educational Panel Study."

Contributor Bio:  Blossfeld, Hans-Peter Karin Kurz is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Hans-Peter Blossfeld is Professor and Chair of Sociology at the Otto-Friedrich University, Bamberg.