1st Edition

APL: Developing more flexible colleges

By Michael Field Copyright 1993
148 Pages
by Routledge

148 Pages
by Routledge

152 Pages
by Routledge

The keystones for provision in the new era of Further Education will be flexibility of response, open access, equality of opportunity, and valuing and accrediting alternative ways of learning - all linked together within the concepts of providing life-long learning opportunities. The provision of APL, along with the support services needed to ensure its success, can be used as the `acid test' of... Read more
Introduction 1.The Alternative Focus of Accreditation of Prior Learning 2.The Shaping of Today's Colleges 3.External Pressures for Change 4.College Responses: Teaching and Learning Frameworks 5.College Accreditation and Assessment Services 6.The shape of tomorrows colleges 7.Developing a distinct mission for the college 8.Widening Participation 9.Attracting Potential Students 10.Enabling students to succeed 11.Organisational Factors Affecting Flexibility 12.Managing Change: Assessing the amount of change required 13.Managing Change: Change models 14.Managing the resistance to change

Biography

Michael Field

`... an interesting and comprehensive introduction to APEL as it stands and could develop in FE.' - JFHE 18 (2) Summer 1994