The Challenges of Expanding Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) in a Collectively Organised Skill Formation System: The Case of Switzerland

Autor/in	Maurer, Markus
Titel	The Challenges of Expanding Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) in a Collectively Organised Skill Formation System: The Case of Switzerland
Quelle	In: Journal of Education and Work, 32 (2019) 8, S.665-677 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
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Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1363-9080
DOI	10.1080/13639080.2019.1694141
Schlagwörter	Prior Learning; Vocational Education; Foreign Countries; Secondary School Students; Barriers; Corporations; Work Experience; Adults; Educational History; Guidelines; Recognition (Achievement); Switzerland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Vorkenntnisse; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Ausland; Sekundarschüler; Unternehmen; Employment experience; Job experience; Occupational experience; Berufserfahrung; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Richtlinien; Soziale Anerkennung; Schweiz
Abstract	In many parts of the world, recognition of prior learning (RPL) is considered to be an important means of improving access to VET qualifications. In Switzerland -- the country with arguably the highest rates of company-based VET at upper secondary level -- adults with work experience of at least 5 years have had the option of accessing VET qualifications at the upper secondary level through RPL for more than 10 years now. Still, today, only roughly 6 percent of adults (over 25 years) who achieve a VET qualification make use of that option. The rest either pursue a regular VET programme, or at least take the ordinary final VET exam. This article discusses the reasons underlying this slow rate of RPL expansion in Switzerland. Arguing from a historical-institutionalist perspective, the article shows how the institutional framework of mainly company-based Swiss VET and the underlying actor coalition pose substantial barriers to the expansion of RPL. Nevertheless, by comparing different rates of RPL uptake across a range of economic sectors and different parts of the country, this article brings to light some key factors that promote the expansion of RPL. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01