Communicating Credential Value

Learners are increasingly turning to “alternative” education channels to up- and re-skill over the course of their lifetimes. In turn, the credentialing market is expanding quickly to supplement or replace training available through traditional pathways. Yet, the relationship between emerging credentials and learners' career outcomes is underexplored. To allow credentials to pave more inclusive pathways to professions, organizations that issue credentials need to gather data about career outcomes, leverage those data to enhance their program, and promote the outcomes transparently. This chapter explores three approaches to reporting outcomes and provides actionable recommendations to implement transparent reporting strategies. If implemented, the suggested approaches could ultimately help enhance understanding of, trust in, and economic support for alternative credentials.

Russian and International Experience of Working with Personality Developing Inquiry

Introduction. Response to challenges of actual mass demand for personalisation of education is not feasible without specification of idea, models and mechanisms of usage of “learning inquiry”, which are determined by regional, cultural, social, and historical specifics of society. Relevance of the research is based on the necessity to clarify the term “learning inquiry” to facilitate practical implementation of mechanisms of personal educational logistic realised in digital environment. The article’s objective is to present results of analysis of local and international interpretations of the term “learning inquiry” (or its equivalent) as well as practices of its formation and usage. Materials and Methods. Local and global practices (formalised education, family education, “alternative” education) have been analysed with a searching depth of 5-8 years. Searching requests: educational inquiry, personal(sized) learning inquiry, personalized education, personalized learning, student-initiated learning, selflearning, etc. The following concepts have been reviewed: subjectivity, individualisation, personalization, personification, choice theories by D. Leontiev, intermediate action theory by B. Elkonin, theory of complicated systems and personality by K. Rogers, field theory by K. Levin, concept of deep knowledge by K. Duek, etc.; models and practices of active learning based on subjective position of a student. Results. Specifics of terminology related to personalized education are determined and described. A preterm “learning request” has been introduced via system of basic principles of creation of “learning inquiry” model. It has been shown that “learning inquiry” is realized via various educational institutions. In digital environment “learning inquiry” becomes a trigger for transformation towards educational logistic. Discussion and Conclusion. Research results contribute to development of practices of construction of position by participants of educational activity, to practices of work with learning inquiry, to enable to develop mechanisms of transformation towards personal educational logistic and, therefore, to facilitate readiness of educational systems to realisation of personalized education.

DEVELOPMENT OF AN ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION IN THE USA

This article is devoted to the problem of alternative education. In modern society we observe really great changes in many fields: policy, economy, communication, international contacts etc. In such conditions the system of education can’t be the same as it was during the last two or three centuries. In response to the establishment of standardized and compulsory education alternative education grew up. The aim of the study is to investigate the development and to reveal the peculiarities of alternative education in the USA. Theoretical research methods have been used in this study: analysis of scientific sources for the: systematisation and generalisation of available data; defining of the essence of basic concepts; identification of the current state of the problem. The results of investigation give possibility to state that alternative school is an establishment with a curriculum and teaching methods that are unusual, nontraditional. Alternative pedagogical approaches may include different structures, as in the open classroom, different teacher-student relationship, as in the free schools and different curricula and teaching methods, as in the Waldorf and Montessori schools. Synonyms for the alternative in this context include non-traditional, non-conventional, non-standardized. In modern times the legal right to provide educational alternatives has become established in many countries. Among them such country as the United States is worth to be mentioned. In the USA a variety of educational alternatives exist at the elementary, secondary and some other levels in four categories: school choice, independent schools, home-based education or home-schooling, self-education. Some schools are based on the pedagogical approaches different from the mainstream pedagogy, while other schools are for gifted students, children with special needs, vulnerable children etc. Alternative schools appeared in the United States more than three centuries ago. They provide special educational conditions for the personal development of each pupil.

Study of Video Games as Alternative Teaching Media In Covid-19 Pandemic Era

Technology has a direct impact on human’s behaviors and lifestyles in Covid-19 pandemic era. Various sectors such as education and economy adapted technology-based remote work and study. With the existence of remote study, the educational world will still face some issues related to the study effectiveness which requires students’ initiatives in the process. This research’s aim is to explore video game's potential as an alternative education method to solve those issues. Also, it is to study the reason why videogames are considered as a solution for remote study’s challenges during this pandemic. A study method towards related literature was used in this research. Conclusion achieved from this research is that videogames are able to stimulate students’ initiatives in exploring learning materials. Video games gave play-like learning experience and thus, reduced the stress on the students during remote study. However, the result still needs further study to achieve realistic methods that can be applied in the field. Keywords: Game, Remote Study, Pandemic

A Youth Perspective: Collaboration for Youth Development within Aotearoa New Zealand

<p>Collaboration is an increasingly popular approach to addressing the multi-faceted needs of youth-at-risk both within academic literature and government policy in New Zealand. Due to being a relevantly new concept, there is limited evidence in the literature regarding how it is being implemented and whether implementations are successful. There is aparticular gap within the literature regarding the experiences of frontline workers and youth themselves. As youth are the key benefactors of youth services it seems important to understand whether and how they perceive the collaborative approach to be working to assist them in their development. To determine this, the following study explores the experiences of nine youth in New Zealand regarding collaborative processes used by services they have been privy to over recent years. Youth participants came from across New Zealand and altogether have experienced a range of youth interventions, from alternative education to Family Group Conferences, aimed at addressing anti-social and criminal behaviours. Taking a phenomenological approach, the study is carried out using concepts from the framework of Appreciative Inquiry (AI). The use of AI ensured the study was strengths focussed and allowed youth to become active agents rather than subjects of enquiry. Furthermore, it has allowed a positive paradigm for discussing ways to ensure that youth services are better focussed on youth's needs, feelings and understandings. Along with the findings regarding collaboration a common theme arose when youth were invited to share their stories which highlighted further areas for discussion when addressing successful service outcomes. That is, the importance of relationship building.</p>

A Youth Perspective: Collaboration for Youth Development within Aotearoa New Zealand

<p>Collaboration is an increasingly popular approach to addressing the multi-faceted needs of youth-at-risk both within academic literature and government policy in New Zealand. Due to being a relevantly new concept, there is limited evidence in the literature regarding how it is being implemented and whether implementations are successful. There is aparticular gap within the literature regarding the experiences of frontline workers and youth themselves. As youth are the key benefactors of youth services it seems important to understand whether and how they perceive the collaborative approach to be working to assist them in their development. To determine this, the following study explores the experiences of nine youth in New Zealand regarding collaborative processes used by services they have been privy to over recent years. Youth participants came from across New Zealand and altogether have experienced a range of youth interventions, from alternative education to Family Group Conferences, aimed at addressing anti-social and criminal behaviours. Taking a phenomenological approach, the study is carried out using concepts from the framework of Appreciative Inquiry (AI). The use of AI ensured the study was strengths focussed and allowed youth to become active agents rather than subjects of enquiry. Furthermore, it has allowed a positive paradigm for discussing ways to ensure that youth services are better focussed on youth's needs, feelings and understandings. Along with the findings regarding collaboration a common theme arose when youth were invited to share their stories which highlighted further areas for discussion when addressing successful service outcomes. That is, the importance of relationship building.</p>

Implicaciones pedagógicas y organizativas de un proyecto de educación alternativo para la etapa de Educación Infantil en España

La escuela, como institución, se encuentra en tela de juicio por parte de algunos sectores críticos de la sociedad que, desde el marco explicativo que ofrecen las denominadas teorías de la desescolarización, son capaces de organizarse y crear redes ciudadanas para proveer de forma privada la educación de sus hijos/as desde unos determinados modelos organizativos y pedagógicos. El propósito de este trabajo es el de identificar, mediante el análisis de un estudio de caso, el modelo organizativo (definido por su misión, visión y valores) utilizado en un proyecto de educación alternativa para la etapa de educación infantil con el objetivo de reflexionar sus implicaciones pedagógicas y organizativas. Concluimos señalando cómo se confía en exceso en el potencial educativo del contexto en base a los intereses y motivaciones de los educados, se minusvalora la capacidad de innovación pedagógica y organizativa del sistema estatal de educación, existe la necesidad de establecer mecanismos capaces de mejorar la participación y se constata la pretensión, quizás irreal, de mantener cierta neutralidad ideológica en el proyecto. Nowadays the institution of the School is being questioned by some critical sectors of society who, by drawing on the explanatory framework put forward by the so-called deschooling theories, are able to organize themselves and create citizen networks in order to provide privately for the education of their children within specific organizational and pedagogical models. The purpose of this case study is to identify the organizational model (defined by its mission, vision and values) used in an alternative education project for pre-primary school education with the aim of reflecting on its pedagogical and organizational implications. We conclude by pointing out that there exists an excessive amount of confidence in the context’s educational potential based on the interests and motivations of the learners. In addition, the capacity for pedagogical and organizational innovation of the State education system is underestimated. There is, furthermore, a need to establish mechanisms capable of improving participation. Finally, the claim, perhaps unrealistic, of maintaining a certain ideological neutrality in the project is also observed.

Tasawuf sebagai Pendidikan Alternatif di Pesantren Anak

National education in the Reformation Era is directed at achieving certain goals as stated in Law Number 20 of 2003 concerning SISDIKNAS, that "national education aims to educate the nation's life and develop Indonesian people as a whole. Islamic education as a sub-system of the national education system aspires to the formation of a complete Muslim, namely a qualified Indonesian Muslim while maintaining the noble culture of the nation. Thus education leads to the achievement of noble and harmonious values ​​for Muslim life which is characterized by Indonesia. However, in its journey, morality becomes just adab or manners, losing its philosophical substance; The morality of Indonesian Muslims is experiencing a crisis of morality, and ritual piety is often not positively correlated with social piety. The role of pesantren is needed through alternative education in the form of Sufism, because the science of Sufism can improve morality, as evidence of the success of pesantren in educating their students by integrating Sufism into daily life, so that the morals of students really increase as morality. Based on this, this research was carried out with a focus on How Sufism is an Alternative for Islamic Boarding School Education in Improving Santri Morals to God, Others, and the Environment at Miftahul Ulum Islamic Boarding School, Glagahwero Village, Kalisat District, Jember Regency. This research is a qualitative research. The results showed that, Sufism as an alternative to Islamic boarding school education in improving students' morals to Allah SWT, students' morals to others and students' morals to the environment, is a complex form of education that exceeds non-Islamic boarding school education with Sufism as an alternative education. In this case, the science of Sufism is taught through the recitation of the yellow books, through the practice of morality, and through practices in the form of tariqat/wiridan that are accustomed to every time. As a result, the science of Sufism as an alternative pesantren education taught at the Miftahul Ulum Glagahwero Islamic Boarding School, Kalisat District, Jember Regency has led students to have more moral character than before applying Sufism as an alternative pesantren education.