The school of hard knocks: a study on the assessment of experiential learning
This report investigates a much neglected aspect of Australian education and training, the granting of credit for past experience. Many of the issues raised concern equity for such people as unemployed or retrenched workers seeking retraining and women returning to paid employment. The existing policies in education and training which exclude a consideration of learning that has resulted from past experience are denying equity to these groups. The author looks at the reasons Australia has been so reluctant to give credit for previous experience and recommends the adoption of procedures that sh ... Show more
Authors: Thomson, Peter
Published: Adelaide, South Australia, TAFE National Centre for Research and Development, 1988
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Physical description: 58 p.
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