Researching the Recognition of Prior Learning: International Perspectives
| Title | Researching the Recognition of Prior Learning: International Perspectives |
| Author(s) | Christine Wihak, Judy Harris, Mignonne Breier |
| Organisation | NIACE |
| Date | June 2011 |
| No. of pages | 329 |
| Theme | recognition of prior learning; widening participation; workplace learning; work-based training; inequality; labour mobility; transferable skills |
| Description | A comprehensive account of international research practice in RPL aimed at researchers, policy-makers, postgraduate students and practitioners in education and other professional fields, especially those concerned with access, widening participation and work-based learning. |
| Select quotations | “RPL offers significant benefits to individual adults: having workplace learning translated into an easily transferable format, enhancing reflective capacity and building confidence.” “The collection therefore aims to encourage the development of RPL as a community of scholarship by laying the groundwork for ‘new theorising’” “We focus on ‘islands’ of good research practice, followed by a consideration of research directions needed to advance the RPL field internationally.” “…practice lags behind policy…” “There has been a shift in RPL discourse and practice from a concern with the redress of socio-economic inequality to efficiency, workforce development, labour mobility and the recognition of overseas qualifications.” |
| Link | http://www.niace.org.uk/news/recognition-of-prior-learning |
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