Recognition of prior learning (RPL) is emerging as a distinct area of academic research with a growing body of scholarly literature. This handbook, organized thematically, consolidates the major research findings of experienced RPL researchers from around the world, identifying future research directions and drawing together evidence-based implications for policy and practice. The book is edited by the directors of the Prior Learning International Research Center at Thompson Rivers University, Canada. It will be of ...
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Recognition of prior learning (RPL) is emerging as a distinct area of academic research with a growing body of scholarly literature. This handbook, organized thematically, consolidates the major research findings of experienced RPL researchers from around the world, identifying future research directions and drawing together evidence-based implications for policy and practice. The book is edited by the directors of the Prior Learning International Research Center at Thompson Rivers University, Canada. It will be of particular interest to academics, researchers, and students in the fields of education, policy studies, widening participation, lifelong learning, adult, continuing education, recurrent and initial education and learning. Contents include: Researching RPL: The Emergence of a Field * Advances in Theorizing RPL * Lifelong Learning Policy and RPL in the Learning Society: The Promise of Faure? * RPL, Labor Markets, and National Qualifications Frameworks: A Policy Perspective * RPL and Workforce Development * Treading a Fine Line: Expectations and Ambivalences in Trade Union Engagement with RPL * RPL and Social Justice in Higher Education * Quality in PLAR * Trends and Issues in the Professional Development of RPL Practitioners * Exploring the Learner Experience of RPL * Technology and RPL * RPL in Higher Education: Past, Present, and Potential * RPL in Further and Vocational Education and Training * Life after PLAR: The Post-Assessment Success of Candidates * Prior Learning Assessment for Immigrants in Regulated Professions. *** ..".an anthology of essays by learned authors about an exciting new field of academic and educational studies: recognition of prior learning, or RPL. ...welcome contribution to college library educational studies shelves." - Midwest Book Review, Library Bookwatch, The Education Shelf, January 2015
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