Third-Year Class: Dialogical Validation in Dutch Teacher Training

Authors

  • Ruud Duvekot Utrecht University of Applied Sciences

Abstract

Why and how did a validation of prior learning (VPL) system emerge and develop in the Netherlands since the 1990s? This question forms the basis for a case study into the ways of working of VPL in the Dutch education sector. This case provides answers to questions about the added value of VPL for Dutch learners, as well as demonstrates the set-up that VPL provides for personalized learning strategies in a new learning culture. The lessons learned are adaptable to any context where the need for lifelong learning arises; and that need goes for everyone on this globe, regardless of someone’s social position.

Author Biography

  • Ruud Duvekot, Utrecht University of Applied Sciences

    Ruud Duvekot (1960) studied Economic and Social History and holds a PhD at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. In his thesis he examined the impact of the systematics of Validation of Prior Learning (VPL) on personalising learning (http://cl3s.com/leren-waarderen-download/). His track record shows a continuous focus on research, implementation and capacitation of policy and practices in the wide world of lifelong learning, especially concerning the Validation of Prior Learning. He is Associate Professor at Utrecht University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands, Managing-director of the Centre for Lifelong Learning Services and UNESCO Research Fellow. He chairs the Foundation European Centre for Valuation of Prior Learning and is Founder and member of the board for the global VPL Biennale Initiative https://vplbiennale.org.

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Published

2022-06-17

Issue

No. 8 (2022): PLA and Competency-Based Education: Friends? Family? Or Only Acquaintances?

Section

Invited Essays

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How to Cite

Third-Year Class: Dialogical Validation in Dutch Teacher Training. (2022). PLA Inside Out: An International Journal on Theory, Research and Practice in Prior Learning Assessment, 8(8). https://plaio.org/index.php/home/article/view/203