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dc.contributor.authorWheelahan, Leesa
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T14:59:26Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T14:59:26Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.date.modified2010-07-20T04:53:10Z
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/32402
dc.description.abstractThis paper considers one obstacle to implementing recognition of prior learning (RPL), which arises from the problem of defining 'graduateness'. It cites research in which many respondents expressed reluctance to grant RPL for a whole or substantial part of a qualification, because they felt students lacked 'something' that other graduates had. In trying to give a voice to these respondents, and consider what this 'something' was, we used the notion of 'graduateness', despite the fact that this is a contested concept, means different things to different people, and has yet to be fully developed. Presenting the paper at this conference is an opportunity to explore further the concept of 'graduateness' and its relevance to RPL in discussion and debate with colleagues, recognising that it is through engaging with the VET research community of practice that the utility of such concepts is improved. In discussing these issues, the paper relates graduateness to communities of practice, and to Biggs' model of constructive alignment. It questions whether all VET qualifications, should in theory, be able to be 'RPLed'.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherAVETRA - Australian Vocational Education and Training Research Association
dc.publisher.placeSydney, NSW, Australia
dc.publisher.urihttps://avetra.org.au/pages/conference-archives-2003.html
dc.relation.ispartofbookorjournalThe Changing Face of VET
dc.relation.ispartofconferencenameThe sixth Australian VET Research Association Conference
dc.relation.ispartofconferencetitleThe Changing Face of VET
dc.relation.ispartofdatefrom2003-04-09
dc.relation.ispartofdateto2003-04-11
dc.relation.ispartoflocationSydney, NSW, Australia
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode330103
dc.titleRecognition of prior learning and the problem of 'graduateness'
dc.typeConference output
dc.type.descriptionE1 - Conferences
dc.type.codeE - Conference Publications
gro.date.issued2003
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorWheelahan, Leesa M.


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