Community Development through Open Learning and Distance Education

Autor/inn/en	Mehmood, Tahir; Hussain Ch, Abid; Saeed, Amna
Titel	Community Development through Open Learning and Distance Education
Quelle	In: Bulletin of Education and Research, 38 (2016) 1, S.183-196 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0555-7747
Schlagwörter	Community Development; Distance Education; Economic Development; Social Differences; Developing Nations; Teacher Shortage; Educational Quality; Teacher Attitudes; Student Attitudes; Specialists; Change Agents; Educational Change; Open Educational Resources; Foreign Countries; Nongovernmental Organizations; Gender Differences; Access to Education; Pakistan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Community; Development; Entwicklung; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Sozialer Unterschied; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Lehrermangel; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Lehrerverhalten; Schülerverhalten; Bildungsreform; Ausland; Geschlechterkonflikt; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang
Abstract	The global need for community development is greater now in the early 21st century than ever before. According to UNESCO, half of the world's 195 countries will have to expand their stock of educationist significantly, some by tens of thousands, if the goal development targets are desired to achieve. Socioeconomic inequities, political instability, demographic changes and crises such as the HIV/AIDs epidemic have engendered huge shortfalls in teacher supply and low teacher quality in many developing countries. Education serves as back bone in development process. Open learning and distance education programs are serving as pivotal part of development process. It is now clear that "bricks and mortar" approaches to expanding teacher education may not be adequate if the current and projected shortfalls in teacher supply and low teacher quality are to be properly addressed. The study is designed to measure the perceptions of teaching learning community about community development with special reference to open and distance learning. It was descriptive study which targeted teachers, students, community members and experts. Data analysis was carried out by using statistical techniques served by SPSS. Findings reflected that audience perceives open and distance learning as change agent and as development tool. It is noticed that target audience has driven prominent performance by using facility of open and distance learning. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Institute of Education and Research. University of the Punjab Quaid-i-Azam Campus, Lahore, 54590 Pakistan. e-mail: ber.ier@pu.edu.pk; Web site: http://pu.edu.pk/home/journal/32
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01