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Two Decades Of Rpl/Apel In Ireland: Practitioner Views, Anne Murphy
Two Decades Of Rpl/Apel In Ireland: Practitioner Views, Anne Murphy
Level 3
My first involvement with APEL was in 1990 when I was invited to design a system by which cohorts of experiences practitioners in the disability training sector could achieve a sectoral qualification primarily through recognition of prior certificated and experiential learning. A taught route to the particular qualification was already in operation in partnership between the Adult Education Centre in St Patrick’s College, Maynooth (now National University of Ireland, Maynooth) and the National Rehabilitation Board. The trainers’ qualification was an essential element of quality assurance for the sector with funding support provided by the EU Social Fund. However, it was …
Rpl (Recognition Of Prior Learning) Matters In The Dit: Policy And Practice Guide For Dit Staff, Anne Murphy
Rpl (Recognition Of Prior Learning) Matters In The Dit: Policy And Practice Guide For Dit Staff, Anne Murphy
Reports
This guide is a compilation of a number of policy and practice documents about recognition of prior learning (RPL). It is intended as a resource for DIT staff who have responsibility for development and management of any aspect of RPL for initial entry to DIT programmes, for advanced entry, for exemption from elements of a programme, or for achievement of a DIT award. It is also intended as a resource for staff who have roles that involve negotiation of RPL with parties external to the DIT such as partnerships, franchise arrangements, progression arrangements, qualifiers, bridging studies, continuing professional development programmes, …
Recognition Of Prior Learning In Irish Culinary Arts, Dermot Seberry
Recognition Of Prior Learning In Irish Culinary Arts, Dermot Seberry
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The emerging agenda for higher education (HE) in Europe promotes lifelong learning, social inclusion, wider participation, employability and partnership working with community organisations. Consequently, higher education authorities are increasingly recognising the significant knowledge, skills and understanding which can be developed as a result of learning opportunities found at work through individual activities and personal interests. The accreditation of learning and prior achievement is now one of the central functions of the Higher Education Authority (HEA, 2007). In exercising this function, higher education providers are increasingly considering how learning that has taken place in a range of contexts, may be assessed …