Valuing the Process: Towards a Two-Dimensional Conceptualisation of RPL Assessment

Title
Valuing the Process: Towards a Two-Dimensional Conceptualisation of RPL Assessment
Publication Date
2004
Author(s)
Smith, L
Editor
Editor(s): Jean Searle, Charlie McKavanagh and Dick Roebuck
Type of document
Conference Publication
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Griffith University, Centre for Learning Research
Place of publication
Brisbane, Australia
UNE publication id
une:752
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.
Link
Citation
Doing. Thinking. Activity. Learning: Proceedings of the 12th Annual International Conference on Post-compulsory Education and Training, v.2, p. 160-165
ISBN
1875378545
Start page
160
End page
165

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