Bricolage of Recognition on Prior Learning Evaluation of Lifelong Skills of Emerging Farmers’ Farm Practices towards Agricultural Qualifications
Tshepo Teele 
Issue: Vol.6 No. 1 January 2025 Special Issue Article 11 pp.151 – 163
DOI : https://doi.org/10.38159/jelt.20256111 | Published online 19th June, 2025.
© 2025 The Author(s). This is an open access article under the CCBY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Keywords: Bricolage, emerging farmers, assessments, Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL), agricultural course, lifelong skills.
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Dr. Tshepo Teele is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Postgraduate Studies, Faculty of Humanities, Central University of Technology, Free State. His research is framed within the philosophical lenses of the emancipatory theories of agriculture education in South Africa. He is a multidisciplinary scholar bridging the gap between agriculture and education sciences towards a sustainable learning environment.
Teele, Tshepo. “Bricolage of Recognition on Prior Learning Evaluation of Lifelong Skills of Emerging Farmers’ Farm Practices towards Agricultural Qualifications.” Journal of Education and Learning Technology 6, no.1 (2025): 151 – 163. https://doi.org/10.38159/jelt.20256111
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