Sometimes you don’t know what you know. You know? Well Loretta Rowe knows! In just two terms, Loretta earned 21 Prior Learning Assessment credits, and in the process of doing so she discovered that she knew a lot more than she thought she knew. In her final Reflective Essay, Loretta shared this: As I prepare [...]
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NOW She Knows!
Posted in Adult Learners, Higher Education, Learning, PLA, tagged adultlearners, highereducation, knowledge, PLA on June 8, 2009 | 4 Comments »
A Gift That Keeps On Giving
Posted in Adult Learners, Higher Education, Learning, Life, PLA, Writing, tagged adultlearners, highereducation, knowledge, Learning, Marylhurst, PLA, Writing on June 4, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Ty Wells, a Business & Leadership major, just submitted his Prior Learning Assessment Portfolio totaling 27 credits. Ty’s experience resides mostly in the food and hospitality industry, and he was able to use those learning experiences to write PLA essays for the following courses: Conflict Management Public Presentations Team Building Foodservice Organizations Management Fundamentals Introduction [...]
An Aubergine Assessment (or What I Learned In Botany Class)
Posted in Cooking, Higher Education, tagged eggplant, highereducation, knowledge on June 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Some of you who know me likely know that there is one thing in the world I do not like: EGGPLANT. Here is how my relationship with eggplant came to be so troubled. When I was in elementary school, my mom cut off some fingers and was in the hospital for a while. Grandma came [...]
A Visit To The Candy Shop
Posted in Adult Learners, Higher Education, Learning, tagged adultlearners, education, highereducation, integration, knowledge, Learning on May 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Yet another goodie from Larry Daloz’s book Mentor: EDUCATION AS CARE The proper aim of education is to promote significant learning. Significant learning entails development. Development means successively asking broader and deeper questions of the relationship between oneself and the world. This is as true for first graders as graduate students, for fledgling artists as [...]
Claiming Her Knowledge
Posted in Higher Education, Learning, PLA, Writing, tagged highereducation, knowledge, PLA on May 1, 2009 | 6 Comments »
This week, Julie Fleming, one of our Prior Learning Assessment students, turned in her final PLA Portfolio: 17 credits for college-level learning that she had gained through her experiences owning a dance school and teaching dance. CONGRATULATIONS JULIE! Julie’s major is Interdisciplinary Studies with concentrations in Business, Communications, and Dance. The 17 credits fulfill her [...]
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