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Showing 1 to 20 of 47 for “"Prior Learning"”.
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The Effects of Practice-Trials and Prior Learning on Motor Memory
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Challenges and opportunities for implementing Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) Policy in higher education
… national imperative to implement Recognition of Prior Learning. It makes use of a mixed methods mode of research to explore this phenomenon at three sites of higher education delivery in KwaZulu-Natal. The research investigates how these three institutions have responded to the imperative at an …
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Prior learning assessment for credit at the University of Central Missouri : a program evaluation
Institutions of higher learning have focused recruiting, retention, and persistence efforts on the "traditional" student. In doing so, the retention and persistence rates of the highest growing population in higher education (the nontraditional student) is even lower than traditional students. …
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A Phenomenological Study of Adult Learners' Experiences with the Portfolio Form of Prior Learning Assessment
… to implement ways to asses and recognize the prior learning of this population as a viable reservoir of knowledge, in many cases equivalent to that acquired in college-level courses. The portfolio form of Prior Learning Assessment offers adult learners the opportunity to demonstrate their …
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Re-cognising RPL – A Deleuzian enquiry into policy and practice of Recognition of Prior Learning
… to the conceptual development of Recognition of Prior Learning. Generally, research in RPL comprises large inventories and audits of practice as this enquiry shows. Few qualitative studies are available and there is a dearth of theoretical development in the field. This thesis explores …
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The recognition of prior learning in higher education: the case of the University of the Western Cape
… determine the extent to which the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) in higher education promotes social transformation. Through analysing the case study of the University of the Western Cape (UWC) RPL programme, some conclusions on this matter were drawn. This research, a qualitative study, …
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Recognition of prior learning and identity transformation: Experiences of social work graduates in the Western Cape, South Africa
… who entered university via Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) attach to their RPL experience and social work education. The goal was to determine whether participation in RPL and studying social work influences identity transformation at a micro level. The researcher intended to address …
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Capturing the complexity of workplace knowledge – a case study of recognition of prior learning in an automated production environment
… requirements for occupations. Recognition of prior learning (RPL) aims to recognise candidates' prior knowledge and skills learned in non-formal and informal contexts, including the workplace. The concern is that if Braverman's thesis is correct, the RPL process might be certifying …
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To what extent does the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) in a University of Technology's Engineering Faculty recognise and accredit knowledge acquired through work experience?
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) has become a key component in the South African educational environment because of the need to address past discriminatory practices in education due to the apartheid regime. This study poses the question: To what extent does the Recognition of Prior Learning …
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A practice framework to enhance the implementation of Recognition of Prior Learning : a case study of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the Durban University of Technology
Thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the Philosophiae Doctor in Health Sciences in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the Durban University of Technology, 2021.
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Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) Knowledge Claims: How can different types of knowledge be identified, documented and assessed in RPL applications of RPL credits. Comparison of two case studies at a South African vocational/professional higher educational institution (V/PHEI)
… the applicant to present informal and non-formal learning from the workplace in a manner that is recognisable within a higher education context. This qualitative study employed a case study methodology to highlight the uniqueness of two RPL applications: Human Resources Management and …
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Researching APEL routes to becoming professionally recognised as a teacher in Higher Education
… postgraduate credits through an Assessment of Prior Experiential Learning (APEL) process with portfolios as the method of assessment. The purpose of the study was to inform the design of routes to professional recognition based on experience. Actor-Network-Theory (ANT) was used to analyse the …
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Identifying factors that predict student success in a community college online distance learning course.
… complete an online (Web-based) distance learning community college course. Major student retention theories and student attrition and persistence research guided the study. Distance learners (N = 926) completed four surveys, which collected data for 26 predictor variables that included …
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Back to the future : integrating retrenched mineworkers in the agricultural economy of O.R. Tambo District Municipality (ORTDM)
… emrgence of such notions as the recognition of prior learning and multi-skilling as a response to these changes. There is also a review of recent policies that are meant to benefit retrenched workers in the rural areas of South Africa.
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Effects of Distractor Problems and Hints on Transfer and Classification by Young Children (Learning, Preschool, Interference)
… in contrast to children who did not receive the prior learning experience. To examine whether 4 year olds could continue to use relational information in the face of competing physical attributes, the target problems were embedded in a sequence with distractor problems. The distractors shared the …
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Totems: Verifying the Integrity of Visual Information using Neural Light Field
… view given totem shape and IoR. In contrast to prior learning-based approaches that require large datasets of manipulated images, our methods are physics-based and work on a single image.
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Unsupervised anomaly detection in multi-class datasets using Generative Adversarial Networks
… where each generator is responsible for learning a unique manifold of data. Second, a machine learning mechanism called a ''bandit"" is implemented to find the optimal set of generators required to cover all data manifolds through unsupervised prior-learning. Finally, the multi-generator …
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Learning Through Engaging in Women in Trades Introductory Programs
Framed by my interest in gender and work-related learning as viewed through a critical realist lens, and using a theoretical framework rooted in the sociological theorizing of Pierre Bourdieu, the case study described in this document examines what 13 participants in a women in trades introductory …
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A case study of students from mixed educational and linguistic backgrounds learning English as a first language in a non-racial school
… appropriate for the multilingual classroom. The prior learning experience of the second language students and the impact of this experience on the second language students in the case study, is illustrated. The social dynamics and level of participation of all students in the classroom, as well …
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Exploring Scholar--Practitioner Leadership: Superintendents' Application of Theory to Practice in Texas Public School Districts
… describe how serving superintendents apply their prior learning and knowledge to the articulation and translation of their district’s mission/vision. The study described how six serving superintendents translate theory to practice by inquiring how each participant articulates the district’s …
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