Work Based Learning Network
Index
About
the Network
Aim:
To
promote learning in and through work, paid or unpaid
Objectives:
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Extend
and disseminate good practice in relation to the development, facilitation and
assessment of work based learning in HE
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To
promote and disseminate research in the field of work based learning
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provide events and network opportunities for HE colleagues to support staff
development
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To
promote the standing and use of work based learning, in HE, with employers,
policy makers, professional groups and other stake holders
- To
influence government agencies in the development and application of appropriate
policies and procedures for work based learning
Mission
Statement:
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Values
the high level learning that can be gained in and through work
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Promotes
the development of work based professional practice as an important and
integral part of academic awards
Promotes
the linking of scholarly activity and professional practice
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Encourages
the development of WBL as a critical pedagogy
Recognises
that learning is a contextual praxis
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Acknowledges
that learning is political and performative in that learning based in work
seeks not only a somewhat of rigid ‘knowledge of’ but also seeks to change,
improve or subvert situated practice through reflection and research
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Asserts
that learning should be emancipatory, in that it has the potential to empower
learners
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Has a
growing research agenda
- Is
increasingly involved in Policy and Lobbying through UALL