Theoretical Principles of Distance Education

by Desmond Keegan (Editor)

Overview

According to UNESCO statistics, 10 million of the world's 600 million students study at a distance. Theoretical Principles of Distance Education seeks to lay solid foundations for the education of these students and for the structures within which they study. As a more industrialised form of education provision, distance education is well adapted to the use of new communication technologies, and brings to education many of the strengths and dangers of post-industrialism. The central focus of the study of distance education is the placing of the student at home or at work and the justification of the abandonment in this form of education of interpersonal, face-to-face communication, previously considered to be a cultural imperative for education in both east and west. This book explores the problems that distance education poses to the theorist, bringing together an international team of distance educators to address these issues for the first time in a systematic way. The team comprises theoreticians, administrators, experts in educational technology and adult education, experts in learning from video machines, from computers and other forms of technology. Contributions from Italy, and Scandinavia contrast with viewpoints provided by scholars from the US, Canada, Australia, and the UK.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134878321
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/15/2005
Series:	Routledge Studies in Distance Education
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Desmond Keegan

Table of Contents

Otto Peters, Fern Universitat, Germany; Randy Garrison, University of Calgary, Canada; Peter Jarvis, University of Surrey, UK; Erling Ljosa, Oslo, Norway; Desmond Keegan, Dublin, Ireland, Louise Sauve, Quebec, Canada; Chere Gibson, Wisconsin, USA; Cheryl Amundsen, McGill University, Montreal, Canada; Ted Nunan, Adelaide, Australia; Gary Boyd, Concordia University, Montreal; Tony Bates, Vancouver, Canada/The Open University, UK; Grevill Rumble, The Open University, UK; Bernadetto Vertecchi, University of Rome, Italy; Michael Moore, Pennsylvania, USA

Editorial Reviews

‘... it is a book which all distance educators should read and should also be read by those who enter the field.' - International Journal of Lifelong Education Vol 13

‘A useful read for those wanting to tackle some of the daunting problems facing schools.' - TES

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