Prior learning assessment and quality assurance practice: possibilities and challenges
The use of recognition of prior learning (RPL) in higher education to assess RPL candidates for admission into programs of study met with a lot of criticism from faculty academics. Lecturers viewed the possibility of admitting large numbers of under-qualified adult learners as a threat to the institution’s reputation, or an erosion of academic standards. Although RPL rests on the assumption that some equivalency between prior learning and academic learning is possible, RPL assessment and validation demands special expertise, which few faculty academics and administrators possess. An evaluation ... Show more
Authors: Motaung, M. J.; Fraser, W. J.; Howie, S.
Published: Pretoria, South Africa, South African Universities Vice Chancellors Association, 2008
Resource type: Article
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