This revised and updated edition of Open and Distance Learning in the Developing World sets the expansion of distance education in the context of general educational change and explores its use for basic and non-formal education, schooling, teacher training and higher education.
Engaging with a range of topics, this comprehensive overview includes new material on:
With its critical appraisal of the facts and examination of data about effectiveness, this book provides answers to problems and poses key questions for the consideration of policy makers, educational practitioners and all professionals involved in implementing and delivering sustainable open and distance learning.
| ISBN: | 9780415194198 |
| Publication date: | 2nd December 1999 |
| Author: | Hilary Perraton |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor and Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 224 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Studies in Distance Education |
| Genres: |
Philosophy and theory of education Open learning, distance education |
This revised and updated edition of Open and Distance Learning in the Developing World sets the expansion of distance education in the context of general educational change and explores its use for basic and non-formal education, schooling, teacher training and higher education. Engaging with a range of topics, this comprehensive overview includes new material on: non-formal education: mass-communication approaches to education about HIV/AIDS and recent literacy work in India, South Africa, and Zambia schooling: new research projects in open schooling in Asia and subsaharan Africa, and interactive radio instruction in South Africa the impact of new technology and globalisation: learning delivered through the internet and mobile learning the political economy: international agencies, the role of private sector, and funding.
Open and Distance Learning in Developing Countries features in the following genres: Philosophy and theory of education, Open learning, distance education
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Open and Distance Learning in Developing Countries was written by Hilary Perraton and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor and Francis
Open and Distance Learning in Developing Countries has 224 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Studies in Distance Education series