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Validation of Prior Learning at Oslo VO Sinsen

Oslo VO Sinsen


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Validation of prior learning


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Some key-concepts

• Knowledge: the body of facts, principles, theories and practices related to a field of study or work

Source: European Comission, Proposal for a Recommendation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of the European Qualifications Framework for lifelong learning, Brussels, 2006

• Learning: a process by which an individual acquires knowledge, know-how, skills and/or competencies; may take place in formal, non-formal and informal settings

Source: Cedefop and EQF Working group, 2006

• Learning outcomes: the set of knowledge, know-how, skills and/or competencies; can arise from any form of learning setting

Source: Cedefop 2003 and 2006


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Validation of prior learning: Benefits

• Individual– Opens possibilities for further qualifications inside

the formal education system

– Opens possibilities for better position on labourmarket

• Society– A dynamic qualification system which is better

adapted to the changing of the labour market


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Validation of prior learning in Norway: historical background

• Result of the Realkompetanse Project (a part of The Competence Reform 1999-2002)

• Aim: to give the adults the right to document their non-formal and informal learning without having to undergo traditional forms of testing

• Aim: to establish a national system for the documentation and validation of non-formal and informal learning, with legitimacy both in the workplace and the education system

Source: VOX, "Validation of non-formal and informal learning in Norway; The Realkompetanse Project 1999-2002"


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Validation of prior learning in Norway today

• "Realkompetanse": all types of prior learning –formal, non-formal and informal

• Primary, lower and upper secondary educations: prior learning is validated against learning outcomes in national curricula

• The validation is performed by services at county or community level, in adult education centers

Source: VOX, "Validation of prior learning"


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Oslo Voksenopplæring Sinsen

• Adult education center, part of Oslo Adult Education (Oslo Voksenopplæring)

• Public secondary school for adults since 2002• Upper secondary education: both vocational and

general studies• Approximately 85 employees

• around 50 teachers• 5 educational counselors• remaining 30 – administration, leadership, etc.

• Between 1400 and 1500 students annually (full-time and part-time)

Oslo Voksenopplæring Sinsen


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Students at Oslo VO Sinsen

• Over 100 nationalities represented• Up to 70% students with immigrant

background• Age span 17 – 60 years; most students 25 -

40• Predominantly women (over 60%)


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Education programmes in upper secondary education

Vocational Education Programmes: Programme for Building and Construction

Programme for Design, Arts and Crafts

Programme for Electricity and Electronics

Programme for Health and Social Care

Programme for Agriculture, Fishing and

Forestry

Programme for Restaurant and Food Processing

Programme for Service and Transport

Programme for Technical and Industrial

Production

Programmes for General Studies: Programme for Art, Design and

Architecture

Programme for Media and

Communication

Programme for Music, Dance and Drama

Programme for Specialization in General

Studies

National curricula for upper secondary education

http://www.udir.no/Stottemeny/English/Curriculum-in-English/Upper-secondary-education-/#yfag


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Upper secondary education: different models


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Validation procedure

The staff at Oslo Voksenopplæring Sinsen involved in different phases of the validation procedure from application to certificate of competence:

Information and councelling

Mapping of competence

Assessment Documentation

Career and education counsellors at Oslo VO Servicesenter and Oslo VO Sinsen

Career counsellors at Oslo VO Sinsen

Assessors/specialists, appointed by Oslo VO Sinsen

Career counsellors;Consultants;School leadership


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Methods of assessment

• Dialogue-based assessment

• Practical vocational assessment


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Dialogue-based assessment

• Dialogue between assessor and candidate

• Uncovers tacit knowledge

• Maps basic skills (oral, writing, reading, numeracy and digital skills)

• Duration: 2 – 5 hours


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Practical vocational assessment

• Method that gives candidates the opportunity to demonstrate their overall skills by actually working in a trade or specialist field

• Assessment of practical and theoretical competences based on the national curricula

• Duration: 5 – 15 hours– first 1 – 2 hours: identification of skills (interview about background, training, work

experience, language skills and objectives)– following 3 – 10 hours: practical work and assessment of skills

• Parts or all of the practical side of the vocational subjects can be approved

• Suitable for– adults with long working experience in a field of work and no documentation– Adult students who are considered to be competent enough to take final examination

without 2 years of apprenticeship


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Validation of prior learning at Oslo VO Sinsen

• Annually: around 300 applicants for validation of prior learning; altogether 1500 subjects

• Approximately 700 subjects defined in the national curricula get approved through validation procedure every year


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Validation of prior learning at Oslo VO Sinsen

• Who can apply?

– Residents of Oslo

– Candidates for validation of prior learning in the domain of upper secondary education must have fulfilled primary and lower secondary education

– Candidates with experience from the field of work in which validation is desired

• Who covers the costs of validation procedure?

– Candidates entitled to upper secondary education are also entitled to validation free of charge (the costs are covered by the county authorities)

– Candidates not entitled to upper secondary education have to cover the costs of validation themselves, or have them covered by the Labour and Welfare Administration


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Validation of prior learning atOslo VO Sinsen: an example


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Resources

• Upper secondary educationhttp://www.vilbli.no/?ValgtInteressetest=77&IsHum=77&Falang=&Lan=3

• Validation of prior learning (VOX, The Norwegian Agency for Lifelong Learning)

http://www.vox.no/English/Validation-of-prior-learning/

• The Norwegian Directorate for Education and Traininghttp://www.udir.no/Stottemeny/English/

• Online legal resourceshttps://lovdata.no/info/information_in_english

http://www.vilbli.no/?ValgtInteressetest=77&IsHum=77&Falang=&Lan=3

http://www.vox.no/English/Validation-of-prior-learning/

http://www.udir.no/Stottemeny/English/

https://lovdata.no/info/information_in_english


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