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Cooper, Linda – Studies in Continuing Education, 1998
Examination of transformative discourse in South African worker education 1970-2000 shows early links to emancipatory education; a shift to human capital discourse in the 1990s; and changing understanding of how and where knowledge is produced, the kinds of knowledge valued, the social purpose of education, and the meaning of worker experience for…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Human Capital, Labor Education

Hughes, Chris; And Others – Studies in Continuing Education, 1994
This literature review examines seven issues: describing minimum requirements for qualifications, distinguishing qualification levels, recognizing prior learning, using short courses, recording competency-based assessment results, keeping records of individual achievement, and deciding whether to record exact competencies. Recent movements to…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Credentials, Employment Qualifications, Foreign Countries