Using Future Research Methods in Analysing Policies Relating to Open Distance Education in Africa

Autor/in	Makoe, Mpine Elizabeth
Titel	Using Future Research Methods in Analysing Policies Relating to Open Distance Education in Africa
Quelle	In: Open Praxis, 10 (2018) 1, S.5-15 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Makoe, Mpine Elizabeth)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2304-070X
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Educational Research; Research Methodology; Educational Policy; Policy Analysis; Open Education; Distance Education; Higher Education; Educational Change; Access to Education; Technology Integration; Program Evaluation; Prediction; Educational Development; Program Implementation; Information Technology; Comparative Education; Educational Objectives; Kenya; Rwanda; Zambia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Politikfeldanalyse; Offene Erziehung; Offener Unterricht; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Bildungsreform; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Vorhersage; Bildungsentwicklung; Informationstechnologie; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Kenia; Ruanda; Sambia
Abstract	Many African countries have developed policies to reform their education system in order to widen participation in higher education. To achieve this, open, online and distance education based models have been advocated as the most viable delivery tools in expanding access to higher education. However, the policy analysis of Kenya, Rwanda and Zambia revealed that the integration of open, online and distance education in these countries' education systems is inadequate. The purpose of this study is to analyse policies in order to determine why policy goals are not achieved and how the present reality and the past knowledge impacts on the desired outcome. The future research methods of forecasting is used because it looks at policy interventions with the aim of assisting us to understand probable development in education that may have led to the weak implementation of the policies. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	International Council for Open and Distance Education. Lilleakerveien 23, 0283 Oslo, Norway. Tel: +47-22-06-26-30; Fax: +47-22-06-26-31; e-mail: icde@icde.org; Web site: http://www.openpraxis.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01