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Reconocimiento de Aprendizajes No

Formales e Informales (RANFI)El contexto mexicano y algunas experiencias en otros países

“Estado actual de los conceptos y términos manejados en relación con

los aprendizajes no formales e informales, la investigación de la OCDE”

Dr. Patrick Werquin

OECD – D i r e c t o r a t e f o r E d u c a t i o n

Reunión en la Ciudad de México, 29 y 30 de mayo de 2008

Agenda

-Background

-Recognition

-Formal, Non-formal andInformal Learning

-The formal recognition process

Dr. Patrick Werquin, Conceptos y términos manejados en relación con el RANFI, México DF, 30 mayo 08

Agenda

-Background

- Recognition




Key Elements


- Background

-Why do we want to organise recognition programmes? Potential benefits!

-Why it doesn’t necessarily work, yet?Potential obstacles!

-Some preliminary evidence

Background

-Lots of evidence about Recognition° of Non Formal and Informal Learning° (RNFIL), but piecemeal

-OECD activity on Adult Learning°

-OECD activity on the role of national qualifications systems in promoting lifelong learning

-…


Qualifications Systems

-RNFIL = mechanism to create more and betterlifelong learning

- as well as:

-credit transfer [system]

-qualifications framework*°

-stakeholders involvement

-information and guidance

- …

- Qualifications Systems: Bridges to Lifelong Learning (OECD, 2007)


The OECD Activity: Objectives

-RNFIL is high on most countries’ agenda

=> “New” OECD activity on RNFIL:

- 27 countries (23 CBRs, 16 review visits)

- One assumption: not always good (cost…)

- Research

- Visits – fact finding approach

- Data collection – if any


Participating countries

23 countries on 5 continents(17 in Europe, 23 CBRs, 16 reviewed):

Australia, Austria, Belgium-Flanders, Canada,

Chile, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany,

Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Korea,

Malta, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway,

Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland and

the United Kingdom


Agenda

-Background

- Recognition




Terms and Concepts: Recognition

Many terms even in English only:

- RPL (Australia), PLAR (Canada), APL or APEL(UK), Ireland uses them all...

- RAS (Recognition of Acquired Skills)

- (Recognition of previous knowledge )

- Recognition of Learning Outcomes

Other languages:

- RANFI (Mexico), RVCC (Portugal), RAC (Chile), EVC (Netherlands), RAS (Belgium-Flanders), VAE(France), Italia (many terms too, regional terms and therefore concepts)…


Recognition

- In Australia, they even made RPL a verb: “I will RPL you”, “not everybody can be RPLed”... same in Canada with PLAR (“we plar people”)

- I like “Recognition of non formal and informal learning – RNFIL” because it says what it does*° (formal is out, RPL?)

- In fact, I should say: “Recognition of non formal and informal learning outcomes”


But…

Recognition of what?


Agenda

-Background

- Recognition




Definitions of NFIL

- It’s a nightmare! No consensus whatsoever

-See Werquin (2007) for evolution over time

and discrepancies

-Very tentatively:

-Formal Learning: organised, intentional, with

learning objectives, leading to qualification

(was: education, age…)


Definitions of NFIL (cont’d)

- Informal learning*: none of the above, what we do

all the time everywhere without even knowing it (key

issue for documenting skills), does NOT usually lead

to a qualification°

- Non-Formal Learning: could be organised, may

have learning objectives or happen alongside other

more formal learning activities, does NOT usually

lead to a qualification°

- Nothing very convincing, some odd definitions

(Statistics), a lot of overlap anyway

- It does not work!!!


More About Definitions - Recognition, Validation, Certification: in what order?

Recognition of learning

=> Validation (against standards)

=> Certification (stamp)

=> Social recognition *

- Social value AND social use

- Social recognition not specific to RNFIL, same in theformal learning system: it’s about recognition of aqualification

- And the issue is that in both cases, it should comeFIRST!!!

- (I would keep “accreditation” for institutions )


More Terms About Recognition

There is:

-Recognition of Learning (identification)

-and: Social Recognition (of qualification(s) )

-But also: Practical Recognition

- In short, the interesting concept are:

. Recognition of learning [outcomes]

. and Recognition of qualification(s)

(focus of the OECD activity)


Definitions: Some Pieces of Advice

-Don’t panic

-Don’t waste too much time debating them

-Choose the ones that meets your needs for the following 2-3 years and stop re-addressing the issue all the time

-If/whenever possible, use international definitions (CEDEFOP, 2008; OECD, 2007 and 2008)


Proposition

- The key issue is “Formal recognition of non-formal and informal learning outcomes”

- So the key word is: VISIBILITY*, (of skills, knowledge and competences )

- But why is “visibility” so important? (Benefits)


Agenda

-Background

- Recognition




The Recognition Process

- Identification

-Production of evidence

-Validation

-Certification


Muchísimas Gracias

www.oecd.org/edu/lifelonglearning/nqs

www.oecd.org/edu/recognition

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