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Multicultural Approaches to Portfolio Development
Author(s) -
Michelson Elana
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
new directions for adult and continuing education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0717
pISSN - 1052-2891
DOI - 10.1002/ace.7504
Subject(s) - multiculturalism , portfolio , ethnic group , adult learning , multicultural education , pedagogy , sociology , cultural competence , engineering ethics , political science , psychology , adult education , engineering , business , anthropology , finance
The author contends that assessment of prior learning is based largely on Western academic assumptions about objective, universal knowledge. She explores efforts in New Zealand and Ontario, Canada, to assess knowledge that is embedded in specific cultural and ethnic contexts and that challenges current definitions of accreditable learning.