Don't learn what you already know : widening access and recognising prior learning as part of institutional policies in European higher education / Henning Dettleff

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Author	DETTLEFF, Henning
Title	Don't learn what you already know : widening access and recognising prior learning as part of institutional policies in European higher education / Henning Dettleff
Publication year	2014
Source/Footnote	In: Journal of the European higher education area. - 4 (2014) 1, S. 73 - 94
Inventory number	36114
Keywords	Bologna-Prozess ; Bedarf an Akademikern ; Hochschulreife : Berufstätige ohne Reifezeugnis ; Ausland : Europa : Studenten, Studium, Lehre
Abstract	While European and national policies aim at opening higher education for a growing share of the population, institutions are confronted with the challenge to redefine access and progression rules and to establish suitable procedures. Many non-traditional students already have a long record of formal, non-formal and informal learning and can demonstrate a range of relevant knowledge, skills and competences when starting a study programme. The article examines how the demand for widened access and the recognition of prior learning are rooted in societal developments and political strategies. It also describes methods and tools that help institutions to validate learning outcomes achieved outside higher education. (HRK / Abstract übernommen)