Distance Education and the Small School: Policy Issues. Discussion Draft.

Autor/in	Hansen, Kenneth H.
Institution	Northwest Regional Educational Lab., Portland, OR. Northwest Center for State Educational Policy Studies.
Titel	Distance Education and the Small School: Policy Issues. Discussion Draft.
Quelle	(1987), (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Access to Education; Board of Education Role; Delivery Systems; Distance Education; Educational Cooperation; Educational Policy; Educational Quality; Elementary Secondary Education; Equal Education; Policy Formation; Rural Education; Small Schools; State Departments of Education; State School District Relationship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Auslieferung; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; cooperation; Kooperation; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Politische Betätigung; Ländliche Erwachsenenbildung; School; Schools; Schule; Kultusministerium; Staatliches Schulamt
Abstract	The capabilities of a distance education system to enhance instructional programs of small schools by providing equity and increasing quality of educational opportunity, providing access to subject matter and subject matter experts, and providing interaction and joint activities with students in other schools are of sufficient merit to formulate and adopt educational policies which will give positive direction as small schools move forward. The educational policy options from among which educational decision makers may choose include preserving the small school as a conscious educational choice, capitalizing on delivery systems, preparing teachers to use distance education, allocating instructional resources, assigning responsibilities for material/media selection, simplifying logistics, and nurturing partnerships. Although most policies must be determined by local school boards, state educational units play a crucial role in influencing these policies by the way they meet responsibilities in determining state patterns of fiscal support, employment of statewide curriculum standards, regulations governing teacher certification/recertification, accreditation policies, provision of technical assistance to local districts, and ability to be a persuasive leadership force in articulating state educational goals. Thus the productive use of distance education will require not only sound and informed policy choices at each level independently but also joint and cooperative policy determinations. (NEC)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01