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Miguel, Marta C.; Ornelas, José H.; Maroco, João P. – Studies in Continuing Education, 2016
The current narrative on lifelong learning goes beyond formal education and training, including learning at work, in the family and in the community. Recognition of prior learning is a process of evaluation of those skills and knowledge acquired through life experience, allowing them to be formally recognized by the qualification systems. It is a…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Mixed Methods Research, Content Analysis, Foreign Countries
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de Graaff, Frederika – Studies in Continuing Education, 2014
The question addressed in this paper is: what does a knowledge claim consist of in the context of the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)? The research comprises a case study of RPL applicants' entry into a postgraduate diploma (a fourth-year programme) in project management. The focus is on the knowledge claims made as part of the RPL application…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Case Studies, Foreign Countries, Workplace Learning
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Sandberg, Fredrik; Kubiak, Chris – Studies in Continuing Education, 2013
This paper argues for the significance of Axel Honneth's theory of recognition for understanding recognition of prior learning (RPL). Case studies of the experiences of RPL by paraprofessional workers in health and social care in the UK and Sweden are used to explicate this significance. The results maintain that there are varying conditions of…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Metacognition, Case Studies, Paraprofessional Personnel