Opening Education: Policies and Practices from Open and Distance Education / Edition 1

by Terry Evans, Daryl Nation

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415141826
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/26/1996
Series:	Routledge Studies in Distance Education
Pages:	212
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Terry Evans is Director of Research and Head of the Graduate School, Faculty 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.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Opening Education, Terry Evans, Daryl Nation; Chapter 2 The Revolution in Electronic Technology and the Modern University, James Hall; Chapter 3 Policy Implications for Distance Education in the European Information Society, Andrew Robinson; Chapter 4 Distance Education in Mongolia’s Political and Economic Transition, Ole Aabenhus, Brian Kenworthy; Chapter 5 The Implications of Home-Based Education Effectiveness Research for Opening Schooling, Roland Meighan; Chapter 6 Canadian Policy and Practice in Open and Distance Schooling, Margaret Haughey, Judy Roberts; Chapter 7 Reforming Distance Education through Economic Rationalism, Viktor Jakupec; Chapter 8 To Wish and to Will, Richard Johnson; Chapter 9 Translating Open University Policies into Practice in India, Santosh Panda; Chapter 10 Policy and Practices in Open and Distance Education in HongKong, Angela Castro, Charles Wong; Chapter 11 Total Quality Management, Andrea McIlroy, Robyn Walker; Chapter 12 Open Learning, Closing Minds, Mick Campion; Chapter 13 Educational Futures, Terry Evans, Daryl Nation;

Editorial Reviews

'It reveals much and in a provocative way ... a most appropriate, timely and useful addition to the Routledge series.' - Open Praxis

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