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Title: | Valuing the Process: Towards a Two-Dimensional Conceptualisation of RPL Assessment | Contributor(s): | Smith, L (author) | Publication Date: | 2004 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/739 | Abstract: | Recognising the prior learning of students undertaking vocational education and training [VET] can make a significant contribution to providing the sort of responsive, relevant and integrated learning frameworks necessary for the present and ongoing maintenance of a quality Australian workforce. This paper asserts that to date, [recognition of prior learning] RPL in the VET sector generally has been conceptualised by practitioners and policy makers in Australia as a one-dimensional model or continuum based around the notion of where the RPL assessment takes place. It is argued that under a one-dimensional conceptualisation, administrative and educational factors relating to RPL become confused and confounded and that as a consequence, it is difficult for practitioners and policy makers alike to give clear meaning and overt emphasis to the processes and procedures necessary for effective RPL. This paper explores the use of a two-dimensional model for RPL assessments that defines the interaction between mode of decision-making and focus of assessment in terms of the co-existence, rather than separation, of the resulting permutations within a holistic framework for RPL. | Publication Type: | Conference Publication | Conference Details: | 12th Annual International Conference on Post-compulsory Education and Training, Surfers Paradise, 6-8 December, 2004 | Source of Publication: | Doing. Thinking. Activity. Learning: Proceedings of the 12th Annual International Conference on Post-compulsory Education and Training, v.2, p. 160-165 | Publisher: | Griffith University, Centre for Learning Research | Place of Publication: | Brisbane, Australia | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 130399 Specialist Studies in Education not elsewhere classified | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | E1 Refereed Scholarly Conference Publication | Publisher/associated links: | http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/14810919 http://www.voced.edu.au/td/tnc_90.202 |
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