Facilitating Work-Based Learning : A Handbook for Tutors / Ruth Helyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Helyer, Ruth, author.

Contributor:

Helyer, Ruth, editor.

Series:

Teaching and Learning.

Teaching and Learning

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Employer-supported higher education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 pages) : illustrations.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2024.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

Work-based learning routes are a versatile and innovative way to gain higher education qualifications. This book reflects that flexibility and prepares tutors for helping work-based students learn in a variety of ways at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. Offering practical information and advice, the book covers the major aspects of work-based learning, which include: - Accreditation of prior learning (APL) - Work-based projects - Learning agreements - Relevant innovative assessment methods - Quality assurance and enhancement mechanisms - How technology can be utilised as a learning tool. Featuring activities, case studies and useful hints and tips informed by a range of international scholars, it's the ideal companion for tutors of work-based learning students.

Contents:

Notes on Contributors Foreword Introduction Key subjects and words 1. How does Work-Based Learning fit into Higher Education? 2. Learning, Teaching and Assessment in Work-based learning 3. Flexible Frameworks and Building Blocks 4. Negotiation and Work-based Learning 5. Recognising and accrediting prior experiential learning 6. Turning practitioners in practitioner-researchers 7. Supporting Work-based learners 8. Quality enhancement and work-based learning 9. Using social media to enhance work-based learning 10. Learning in the workplace globally 11. Learning to learn 12. A transcultural dance: enriching work-based learning facilitation 13. Promoting learning through work-based experience: mimetic learning in action Appendix 1: Ethics and the work-based learner Appendix 2: Some research terms Bibliography Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

9781350494756

1350494755

9781350306233

1350306231

9781137403254

113740325X

OCLC:

967392573