About the Authors Dr Heather Carpenter is a work-based learning academic within Capable NZ, working in assessment and curriculum areas. She has a PhD in Management and significant tertiary experience in both independent and classroom learning, working in facilitation, mentoring, teaching, staff development and management roles at senior levels. Heather is also a career specialist, and has provided consultation and resources on career management, 21st century strategies and decision-making to a range of schools, tertiary institutions, and organisations. Heather is currently exploring research interests on the impact of work-based learning processes on career confidence, resilience and adaptability. Heather is the author of two books: The Career Maze – guiding your children towards a successful future and Your 21st Century Career – new paths to personal success. Dr Glenys Ker is a highly experienced work-based learning and professional practice educator and the primary architect of the independent learning pathway approach to degree education on offer through Capable NZ, the School in Otago Polytechnic which specialises in work-based learning and professional practice qualifications. Glenys works as a facilitator of learning, supporting learners to articulate their skills, knowledge and attributes gained from their work-based learning experiences, and to undertake new learning to gain a degree qualification best suited to their experience. Glenys brings to her facilitation an extensive background as a highly successful practitioner in career development and education, including as a teacher in secondary school, polytechnic and university contexts at both postgraduate and undergraduate levels. Her professional practice has been enhanced through her many leadership and management roles, again in multiple educational contexts, including school and service department leadership and leadership of independent learning programmes. Glenys is also an active researcher in the field of work based learning and integrates her teaching and research in the development of facilitators of independent learning pathways.
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