Analysis of a study of the process and instruments to measure prior learning among college-level students in Quebec
This article presents an innovation regarding the introduction of an experiential knowledge recognition mechanism (RA) granting credits in a master’s degree program in college education. This innovation, applied within a research development approach, has two parts : 1) conception and experimentation of a method for training and assisting teachers in writing a portfolio supporting an experiential knowledge request and 2) conception and experimentation of a process and of tools for the recognition of experiential knowledge in college education. This article introduces the two parts : context, goals, experimentation and achieved results (material produced and participant evaluation).