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Slipping the Chains of Credentialism
No full textThe presentation took place with approximately 36 participants present. The ideas that
I was presenting on quality of life were new to most participants and required some reflective thought. Several people came up to thank me for the presentation. Several other participants stayed to continue the discussion afterwords.The assessment of prior learning (APL) has normally been associated with the attainment of credentials. Those of us involved in APL have always known that there is far more prior learning present with any learner than can be assessed for credit. Many of us have been so busy trying to convince the credentialing system of the legitimacy of experiential learning that we may have neglected the basic developmental processes that underlie us as whole persons and that contribute to the resilience and quality of life of both ourselves as educators and our learners.
Many of our APL learners are involved in life transitions of which the attainment of credentials is only part. Almost all learners are involved in life’s daily lessons. The ability to identify and travel on one’s own best life pathway is a lifelong undertaking and challenge. To the extent that we create a self-reflective space for the experiential learning associated with this type of development, then we will have contributed more fully to our learners as whole persons.
This sounds like a big mouthful, perhaps more than we can chew. However, we need more discussion on the potential contribution that the APL process affords to the personal and professional development of our learners. This session will explore opportunities and limitations of a deeper and more comprehensive review of prior experiential learning than that normally associated with the credentialing process
Markers for Navigating the New Waters of Post-Secondary Education
No full textPaper presented on June 11 to approximately 20 participants. Discussion was lively and many questions were raised and discussed.Alberta’s post-secondary system is constantly changing, and students have more choice than ever before in choosing a post-secondary program. They also have increasing options for where their studies and previous experience can take them! This presentation will focus on the resources that the Alberta Council on Admissions and Transfer (ACAT), provide for students, employees and employers to help students build on knowledge through diverse learning pathways. Included in the presentation will be examples of career progression opportunities of the variety of different routes students may take to complete their post-secondary studies, and different credentials they may receive. Geoff Peruniak of Athabasca University will go into more depth on alternative methods of assessing the skills of students and employees using Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition practices. Athabasca University is a leading post secondary institution in using PLAR, Geoff will help us understand the steps which students and the institution much go through in receiving and assessing PLAR credits. He will provide tips to would-be applicants for the challenges involved
The Structure of Belief
No full textBeliefs play a significant role in most of the work we do with clients as career practitioners. This session will examine beliefs and belief structures historically and from an interdisciplinary viewpoint although the main analysis will be psychological. In particular, there will be a focus on the hidden nature of self-beliefs and the role of transformative experiences in exposing such beliefs. Participants will be invited to join in a modest analysis of their own structure of beliefs
Implications for Professional Practice of Assessing Prior Learning.
No full textThirty participants showed up to discuss PLA procedures and ask questions.How can we certify career practitioners for practice while at the same time respecting the rich and wide diversity of career-related experience that applicants bring to the certification process? This session starts by examining the process of prior learning assessment from a university perspective and then explores the implications of adapting such ideas to professional certification in career development. Participants will be expected to help examine the implications.Academic and Profesional Development Fun
1) Reclaiming the Self: An Alternative Model to Professional Development and 2) Career Practitioner Education: Past, Present, Future
No full textPresentation marked the culmination of 8 years of effort to create community in a conference setting. The session was well received but next time we would ask for more time for participants wanted to discuss for longer than we had time.1) What started as an attempt to establish a chapter of the CDAA evolved into something quite different. Not only did a chapter not become established but no guest speakers appeared in the 3-year period the group has been underway. This is the story of an alternative model of professional development from rural Alberta (Athabasca) – one that works from the inside out, that starts slow and small, and builds on practitioner’s personal experience. The presentation concerns attempts by this group to reconcile the professional role of practitioners with their personal selves. Participants are invited to join in this exploration.
2) Economic, technological and socio-cultural changes, both regionally and nationally, influence our work as career practitioners. How has your education prepared you to understand these changes and apply this understanding in your work with clients? What more do you think you need to help client’s address their career concerns? In an effort to address these questions, you are invited to discuss:
- Education and training required by career practitioners
- Highlights and shortfalls of your education
- Delivery of education and training
- Role that educational institutions, industry and government can play in developing and delivering education and trainingAcademic & Professional Development Fund (A&PDF
The Twinning Of Potential: Toward An Integration Of Prior Learning Assessment with Career Development
Get PDFThis paper argues that prior learning assessment (PLA) is an integral part of the field of career development. Forging closer ties between the two could have a synergistic effect. The authors highlight some common features in the work of practitioners of prior learning assessment and career development. The purpose of this comparison is to emphasize that commonalties of purpose should not be sacrificed to battles of professional identity. A recent project in the Department of Human Resources Development Canada, Alberta/Northwest Territories/Nunavut Region exemplifies benefits and issues associated with the integration of these fields.Cet article démontre que la reconnaissance des acquis professionnels (RAP) est une partie intégrante du domaine du perfectionnement professionnel. Établir des liens plus étroits entre les deux pourrait avoir un effet synergique. Les auteurs soulignent plusieurs éléments communs dans le travail des conseillers oeuvrant dans les domaines de la reconnaissance des acquis professionnels et du perfectionnement professionnel. Le but de cette comparaison est d\u27insister sur le fait que la communauté d\u27intentions ne doit pas être sacrifiée sur l\u27autel de l\u27identité professionnelle. Un récent projet du ministère du Développement des ressources humaines du Canada, dans la région comprenant l\u27Alberta, les Territoires du Nord-Ouest et le Nunavut, illustre les avantages et problèmes associés à l\u27intègration de ces domaines
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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