Transformational Learning through Prior Learning Assessment

Autor/inn/en	Stevens, Karen; Gerber, Dan; Hendra, Rick
Titel	Transformational Learning through Prior Learning Assessment
Quelle	In: Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 60 (2010) 4, S.377-404 (28 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0741-7136
DOI	10.1177/0741713609358451
Schlagwörter	Transformative Learning; Prior Learning; Experiential Learning; Portfolios (Background Materials); Adult Education; Learning Experience; Writing (Composition); Reflection; College Credits; Outcomes of Education; Self Concept; Teacher Role; Massachusetts + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pädagogische Transformation; Vorkenntnisse; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Lernerfahrung; Schreibübung; College; Colleges; Achievement; Performance; Anrechnung; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Leistung; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Selbstkonzept; Lehrerrolle; Master-Studiengang
Abstract	Upon graduation from University Without Walls (UWW), Robin said, "During first semester you told us that if we allowed it to, this experience [writing a prior learning portfolio] would change us. I was so angry with you for saying that because I liked who I was and didn't want to change. But you were right. And I'm glad." For the past 39 years the centerpiece of UWW, the adult education program at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, has been a prior experiential learning process. This process involves students' writing and critically reflecting on past professional and, in some instances, personal experiences and awards them academic credit for this learning. The outcomes can be transformative for the learner, facilitating the development of a new sense of confidence and ability to make new meanings of experience. This, in turn, spurs the learner to make changes inside as well as outside the self. (Contains 6 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10