Title:
SUGGESTED METHODS OF ASSESSING FORMAL, NON-FORMAL, AND INFORMAL LEARNING IN ADULTS

Authors:
Sofia Kasola and Thanassis Karalis

Abstract:
The assessment of formal, non-formal, and informal learning in adults where it is integrated with the accreditation of prior learning has become widespread throughout Europe, leading to the need to organize procedures at a European level. In this article, we present research that took place in four different countries (Greece, Iceland, Denmark, and Italy) where we studied the current legal status in these countries recorded the views of stakeholders from all sides, used tools, and submitted a comprehensive proposed methodology. The overall aim was to explore innovative ways to access higher education following an alternative path and provide a new tool for the recognition of prior experiential learning for people with fewer opportunities. In this article, we present a part of this research for accreditation of previous experiential learning focusing on suggested methods of assessing formal, non-formal, informal learning in adults’ for entering higher education taking into account the needs of the target group as mentioned and described by the participants themselves.

Keywords:
Formal, non-formal, informal learning, adults’ education, assessment

DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.37500/IJESSR.2022.5208