Planning and Reviewing Work Based Learning: A Practical Guide - Softcover

Hardacre, Karen; Workman, Barbara

Softcover

ISBN 10: 190747112X ISBN 13: 9781907471124

Publisher: Libri Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

Work Based Learning is a growing area in education and many employers can benefit greatly from supporting their key employees in upskilling and gaining higher qualifications. This book is the practical guide that employers need to guide them through the process in the most straightforward and beneficial way.

Planning and Reviewing Work Based Learning: a Practical Guide is an essential guide for anyone involved in organising, commissioning or evaluating work based learning. Throughout, the book emphasises a `stakeholder approach', advocating a collaborative and partnership approach that includes employers, commissioners, providers of learning and learners themselves to deliver better outcomes for all involved.

Topics covered include:
* How work based learning can add value to an organisation, highlighting the success factors.
* How to commission a work based learning programme in response to a business plan and the organisational outcomes required.
* Guidance about costs, value for money and practical considerations.
* Factors affecting the implementation of work based learning, including guidance when planning programmes.

Initially developed from experience in the public sector, in particular health, this book clarifies the issues involved in learning through, at and for work. Planning and Reviewing Work Based Learning shows how to make work and learning come together in the most productive way.

About this title

About the Author

Karen Hardacre is an independent consultant. Initially a lecturer, she spent 10 years at the NHS Training Authority in national project and programme management before setting up PSE Consulting Ltd in 2001. Her main consultancy activities since have included workforce development, workforce learning, competence development and use, and qualifications development and assessment particularly across the public sector.

Barbara Workman is Director, Centre of Excellence in Work Based Learning at Middlesex University.
Barbara has a background of nursing and teaching with expertise in accrediting organisational training and development and individual experiential learning, and has facilitated work based learning across all higher education levels. She is committed to sharing, spreading and facilitating good practice in WBL across a range of Higher Education activities.

Edition details

• Publisher: Libri Publishing
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 190747112X
• ISBN 13: 9781907471124
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112