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Breier, M. (2006) 'In my case...': the recruitment and recognition of prior informal experience in adult pedagogy. British journal of sociology of education. 27(2):173-188.
Educators of adults are often urged to use the prior personal experience of their students as a pedagogic resource. Students have expectations that their narratives will be heard and valued. Whether this can, or should, be achieved in a particular discipline in a course with a relatively fixed curriculum and formal assessment is the issue addressed here. This article explores programmes in La...
Diedericks, G.A.M. & Reinecke, S. (2000) Assessment for the recognition of prior learning and continuing education: towards a model of learner-paced assessment for fast tracking adult learners who do not have formal qualifications.
Harris, J. (2000) The recognition of prior learning power, pedagogy and possibility: conceptual and implementation guides. Pretoria: Human Sciences Research Council.
Globally, the meaning and nature of education is reconstructed by changing social conditions. Globalisation and marketisation are the motifs. The 'knowledge society' and lifelong learning have become central concepts. From a socio-cultural perspective, postmodernist writers have questioned Enlightenment thinking - the grand and universal narratives that traditionally shaped education (liberalis...
Kanjee, A. (1999) Report on overseas visit: progress in international literacy study business meeting 6-9 July 1999.
Brief report on an overseas visit to attend the National Research Co-ordinators meeting for the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study.
Kanjee, A. (1999) Summary of LATAG lifeskills workshop: Gabarone, Botswana 19-22 June 1999.
Brief summary of the LATAG Lifeskills Workshop held in Gaberone in June 1999 to discuss the assessment of life skills and the issue of girls education.
Moore, A. (2000) Portfolio-assessment recognition of prior learning of ABET learners. (Paper presented at portfolio assessment workshop, Pretoria 26 January 2000).
Report on a portfolio workshop with special focus on the recognition of prior learning of ABET learners.
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Moore, A. (2000) Recognition of prior learning as an integral component of competence-based assessment in South Africa. (Paper presented at the ASEESA conference, Port Elizabeth Technikon, 26-29 September).
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Visser, M.M. (2000) Pilot project: 45 adult learning centres. (Report done in collaboration with the Department of Education and HEDCO (Ireland); a European Union Technical Support project).
Develops and implements a Microsoft Access Database as part of a pilot project to implement new curricula at ABET level 3 and ABET level 4 at a sample of 45 Adult learning Centres across the country.