Evans / Nation Opening Education

Policies and Practices from Open and Distance Education
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-135-10400-9
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Distance Education

We live in a society with ever-changing needs and expectations. Education practitioners and policy makers need therefore to face the challenges of new economic, social and technological conditions in their work.
There is a global concern to develop forms of education and training which are open to the demands of needs of learners, and which are accessible at times and places suitable to those learners. Governments, institutions and practitioners are developing and implementing policies which reflect these trends.
The overall theme of this book is the relationship between government and organizational policies and the work of practitioners in open and distance learning. The book does this by exploring a selection of international examples.
The authors, many of them recognized experts, write from a wide range of international and organizational perspectives. Each one draws on significant experience within his or her field.
Terry Evans is Head of the Graduate School of Education at Deakin University. He was the foundation director of the Master of Distance Education course there and has extensive experience teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Daryl Nation is Deputy Head of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Monash University. He is Associate Professor in the School and divides his time between policy development, research and teaching.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Evans, Terry

Nation, Daryl

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword. 1. Opening education: global lines, local connections Terry Evans and Daryl Nation 2. The revolution in electronic technology and the modern university: the convergence of means James Hall 3. Policy implications for distance education in the European information society Andrew Robinson 4. Distance education in Mongolia's political and economic transition Ole Aabenhus and Brian Kenworthy 5. The implications of home-based education effectiveness research for opening schooling Roland Meighan 6. Canadian policy and practice in open and distance schooling Margaret Haughey and Judy Roberts 7. Reforming distance education through economic rationalism: a critical analysis of reforms to Australian higher education Victor Jakupec 8. To wish and to will: reflections on policy formation and implemetation in Australian distance education Richard Johnson 9. Translating open university policies into practice in India Santosh Panda 10. Policy and practices in open and distance education in Hong Kong Angela Castro and Charles Wong 11. Total Quality Management: policy implications for distance education Andrea McIlroy and Robyn Walker 12. Open learning, closing minds Mick Campion 13. Education al futures: globalisation, educational technology and lifelong learning Terry Evans and Daryl Nation Contributors. References. Index.