Recognition is deserved, qualifications are merited: where does that leave fairness in accreditation?
This article contextualises the use of accreditation for prior experiential learning (APEL) in European higher education by analysing the notions of desert and merit. We propose that the credentialising of certain types of knowledge can lead to a narrow definition of education which merely endeavours to serve consumer imperatives so as to market the individual in the work place rather than develop the essence of their being. The article advocates judgement not rules, codes or descriptors in making assessments of the worth of the personal and professional knowledge, experience and practices of ... Show more
Authors: Gibbs, Paul; Armsby, Pauline
Published: Oxford, England, Blackwell Publishing, 2011
Resource type: Article
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