| Description |
xv, 256 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Routledge studies in distance education.
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| Contents |
Basic education at a distance : an introduction / Chris Yates and Thomas Tilson -- Elusiveness of integration : policy discourses on open and distance learning in the 1990s / Elaine Unterhalter, Catherine Odora Hoppers and Wim Hoppers -- Audiences for basic education at a distance / Lynette Anderson and Barbara Spronk -- Basic education curriculum : contexts and contests / Richard Siaciwena and Jennifer O'Rourke -- Organisational and delivery structures / Tony Dodds and Palitha Edirisingha -- Evaluation and quality / Judith Calder and Santosh Panda -- Use of technologies in basic education / Keith Harry and Abdul Khan -- Finance, costs and economics / François Orivel -- Literacy and adult education through distance and open learning / Usha Reddi and Anita Dighe -- Basic education for refugees and nomads / Jason Pennels and Chimah Ezeomah -- Power of open and distance learning in basic education for health and the environment / Pat Pridmore and Stephanie Nduba -- Open schooling at basic level / Janet Jenkins and Arief S. Sadiman -- Outcomes : what have we learned? / Chris Yates |
| Summary |
This book assesses the impact and effect of the experience of basic education at a distance all over the world and in a variety of forms. This is the first major overview of this topic for twenty years |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Basic education.
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Distance education.
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Literacy.
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Open learning -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Australia.
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Open learning.
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| Author |
Bradley, Jo, 1942-
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Yates, Charlotte, 1963-
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Commonwealth of Learning.
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| LC no. |
00036782 |
| ISBN |
0415237734 (hbk.) |
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0415237742 (paperback) |
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