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Citation reference: Harvey, L., 2004–12, Analytic Quality Glossary, Quality Research International, http://www.qualityresearchinternational.com/glossary/
This is a dynamic glossary and the author would welcome any e-mail suggestions for amendments or additions.
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Work-based learning refers to any formal
higher education learning that is based wholly or predominantly in a work
setting.
explanatory
context
Work-based learning is one form of work
experience.
Work-based learning is sometimes used to mean all types of work experience and
often overlaps, in practical use, with the term work-related
learning.
analytical
review
HEQC (2004, p. 29) defines work-based
learning in a broad way that is closer to work-related learning.
Work-based learning
: A component of a learning programme that focuses on the
application of theory in an authentic, work-based context. It addresses specific competences
identified for the acquisition of a qualification, which relate to the
development of skills that will make the learner employable and will assist in
developing his/her personal skills.
Employer and professional bodies are involved in the assessment of
experiential learning, together with academic staff.
The Data Service (2008) defines work-based learning as follows:
Work Based Learning generally describes learning while a person is employed. The learning is usually based on the needs of the individual's career and employer, and can lead to nationally recognised qualifications.
Bragg
Work-based learning means instructional programs that deliberately use the workplace as a site for student learning. Work-based learning programs are formal, structured, and strategically organized by instructional staff, employers, and sometimes other groups to link learning in the workplace to students' college-based learning experiences. Work-based learning programs have formal instructional plans that directly relate students' worksite learning activities to their career goals. These experiences are usually but not always college-credit generating.
associated
issues
related terms
See
sources
Bragg, D., undated,Work-Based Learning in Two-Year Colleges: An American Tradition: Work in Progress at the University of Illinois available at http://vocserve.berkeley.edu/CW63/WorkBasedLearning.html, accessed 29 January 2012.
Council on Higher Education, Higher Education Quality Committee (HEQC), 2004, Criteria for Institutional Audits, April (Pretoria, Council on Higher Education).