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Popova-Gonci, Viktoria; Tobol, Amy Ruth – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2011
The authors believe that there is no inherent academic validity or lack of thereof in the notion of prior learning assessment (PLA)-based curriculum. If mishandled, it can become the tool for carrying out diploma mill practices. Conversely, if implemented and facilitated appropriately, PLA-based curricula can offer humanistic educational values…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Students, Undergraduate Study, Educational Needs, Prior Learning
Gordon, Edward E.; And Others – Performance and Instruction, 1994
Discusses the undereducated U.S. workforce and the resulting need for workforce education. Highlights include personalized systems of instruction; individualized instructional programs; cognitive processing; prior knowledge; time on task; feedback and assessment; metacognition; motivational links; and the need for a multilayered approach to…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Needs, Evaluation Needs, Feedback
Jarvis, Peter, Ed. – 2001
This book's 18 chapters provide a multi-disciplinary analysis of lifelong learning and the learning society by doing the following: (1) examining the way that these phenomena have emerged; (2) analyzing the concepts; (3) discussing ways in which the learning society functions; (4) assessing the implications of the learning society for other…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Learning, Citizenship Education, Delivery Systems