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Assessment of Prior Learning: A Practitioner's Guide 2e, 2nd Edition

Malcolm Day

  • Copyright 2013
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Assessment of Prior Learning: A Practitioner's Guide 2e 2nd Edition by Malcolm Day
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ASSESSMENT OF PRIOR LEARNING: A PRACTITIONER'S GUIDE

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Meet the Authors

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Malcolm Day

Malcolm Day is a Lecturer in Adult Nursing and APL Advisor at Nottingham University School of Nursing, where he runs a postgraduate teaching and learning module as part of the PGCE for newly appointed university teaching staff.Malcolm is also Secretary to the newly formed International Indigenous RPL Collective. This is a worldwide network that recognises the prior learning(RPL) of indigenous people, and he has had a key role in facilitating the development of APL within British Columbia and the newly emergent Universities of Technology in South Africa.

What's New

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  • Fully updated to reflect the new Nursing and Midwifery Council's standards stating that 50% of pre-registration nurse training will to be achieved by APL.
  • New contributors provide updated APL coverage from the UK and overseas enabling readers to understand APL within a wider international context.
  • Clear explanations of how UK practitioners are clarify, developing and applying guidelines or benchmarks for APL practice.
  • Excellent critical analysis of recent changes in the guidelines for prior learning assessment, and the key debates therein.

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  • Key Learning Activities encourage the reader to reflect upon their approach to the assessment of prior learning, and feedback is then provided at the back of the book to further aid reflective study.
  • A clearly stated list of benchmarks for the role of the assessor clarifies functions and responsibilities.
  • A sample learning diary and assessment record provide the reader with ready-made resources suitable for customisation.
  • Excellent international content allows comparison of assessment systems and further learning opportunities.

Table of Contents

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Preface
Chapter One: What is Assessment of Prior Learning?
Chapter Two: Benchmarks for Assessment of Prior Learning
Chapter Three: Developments in the UK- the case of pre-registration nurse training
Chapter 4: Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR): a case study of a human service programme in Canada
Chapter 5: Assessment of prior learning in the US
Chapter 6: The case of a human services related programme in Mauritius
Chapter 7: The Career of the APL Practitioner

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  • ISBN-10: 1408083418
  • ISBN-13: 9781408083413
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