Description
Globally, the meaning and nature of education is reconstructed by changing social conditions. Globalisation and marketisation are the motifs. The 'knowledge society' and lifelong learning have become central concepts. From a socio-cultural perspective, postmodernist writers have questioned Enlightenment thinking - the grand and universal narratives that traditionally shaped education (liberalism, humanism, radicalism and human capitalism) and the modernist view of education as an unproblematic, value-free key to personal and social progress. More ...

Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations

INTRODUCTION

PART ONE: CONCEPTUAL GUIDE
CHAPTER 1: UNDERSTANDING RPL PRACTICES
CHAPTER 2: RPL IN THREE CONTEXTS
CHAPTER 3: RPL IN SOUTH AFRICAN CONTEXTS

PART TWO: IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE
CHAPTER 4: ANALYSING YOUR OWN CONTEXT
CHAPTER 5: REDESIGNING OR RESHAPING CURRICULA AND INSERTING RPL

REFERENCES
APPENDICES