Accreditation in Adult Learning: How Far Can We Go?.

Ecclestone, Kathryn

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ERIC Number: EJ462039

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1993

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Accreditation in Adult Learning: How Far Can We Go?

Ecclestone, Kathryn

Adults Learning (England), v4 n7 p178-80 Mar 1993

Accreditation of adult learning raises two issues: (1) whether accrediting processes are the right ones and (2) which educational values and principles underlie them. Accreditation based on flexible accumulation and transfer of achievements is needed to document the vital learning outcomes of adult education. (SK)

Descriptors: Adult Learning, Educational Certificates, Educational Policy, Educational Principles, Foreign Countries, Outcomes of Education, Student Certification

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Great Britain)

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