Ways of Seeing the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL): What Contribution Can Such Practices Make to Social Inclusion?

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This article was originally published in Vol. 31 No. 2 (1999) of Studies in the Education of Adults and has been reproduced with the permission of NIACE. For more information see www.niace.org.uk/publications/academic-journals/studies

 

For a new discussion of this article, please see "Reflection on 'Ways of Seeing the Recognition of Prior Learning: What Contribution Can Such Practices Make to Social Inclusion?'” by Judy Harris under the Invited Essay section of this issue of PLA Inside Out.

 

Author Biography

  • Judith Anne Harris, Thompson Rivers University

    Judy Harris is an Adjunct Professor at Thompson Rivers University, British Columbia and a board member of the Prior Learning International Research Centre (PLIRC).  Her research interest in the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) draws from the sociology of education. In recent years, she has acted as consultant to: the European Union and Ministry of National Education ‘Promotion of Lifelong Learning’ project in Turkey (2013); the RPL Ministerial Task Team of the South African Department of Higher Education and Training (2012), and the Namibian Training Authority (2011). Publications include two co-edited collections: Researching the Recognition of Prior Learning (2011) and Re-theorising the Recognition of Prior Learning (2006) both published by NIACE, and, with Linda Cooper, a forthcoming article in the International Journal of Lifelong Education entitled ‘Recognition of Prior Learning: Exploring the knowledge question.’

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2013-06-12

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No. 3 (2013): Open Learning, Open Educational Resources and PLA

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Ways of Seeing the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL): What Contribution Can Such Practices Make to Social Inclusion? (2013). PLA Inside Out: An International Journal on Theory, Research and Practice in Prior Learning Assessment, 3(3). https://plaio.org/index.php/home/article/view/56