The recognition of prior learning: Validating general competences

Michela Meghnagi and Michele Tuccio
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Michela Meghnagi: OECD
Michele Tuccio: OECD

No 270, OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers from OECD Publishing

Abstract: The recognition of prior learning enhances upskilling and reskilling pathways by shortening the duration of training and offering more personalised learning pathways to adults. While the majority of recognition systems focus on professional and technical competences for the purpose of entering and progressing in the labour market, the recognition of adults’ general competences – i.e. cross-field competences that all individuals need for personal fulfilment and development – is less common, despite its clear importance for upskilling pathways, including its positive benefits for the individuals – for whom the validation of their past experiences often becomes a central source of motivation to engage in further learning – and for the society – for which recognition represents a stepping-stone to the spread of upskilling strategies. Thanks to new evidence gathered through desk research and interviews with numerous stakeholders throughout Europe, this paper sheds new light on the characteristics of recognition systems focusing on adults’ general competences.

Keywords: Adult learning; Competences; Education; Recognition of prior learning; Skills; Training; Validation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I24 J24 M53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-04-15
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