Open Classroom: Distance Learning In and Out of Schools. Open and Distance Learning Series.

Sonst. Personen	Bradley, Jo (Hrsg.)
Titel	Open Classroom: Distance Learning In and Out of Schools. Open and Distance Learning Series.
Quelle	(2003), (196 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	0-7494-3130-X
Schlagwörter	Computer Uses in Education; Correspondence Schools; Distance Education; Educational Finance; Educational Policy; Educational Television; Educational Trends; Elementary Secondary Education; Foreign Countries; Futures (of Society); Global Approach; Globalization; Information Technology; Lifelong Learning; Open Education; Partnerships in Education; Special Needs Students; Student Mobility; Telecourses; Virtual Classrooms; Africa; Canada; India; New Zealand; United Kingdom; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Computernutzung; Fernlehrinstitut; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Bildungsfonds; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsfernsehen; Schulfernsehen; Bildungsentwicklung; Ausland; Future; Society; Zukunft; Globales Denken; Globalisation; Globalisierung; Informationstechnologie; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Offene Erziehung; Offener Unterricht; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Sonderpädagogischer Förderbedarf; Student; Students; Mobility; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Mobilität; Fernsehkurs; Afrika; Kanada; Indien; Neuseeland; Großbritannien; USA
Abstract	This collection of essays, which is separated into 4 sections, concerns open and distance learning at school level, or grades K-12. The first section, "The Knowledge Society," includes the following chapters: "Classroom Open Learning: A Case of Old Wine in New Bottles?" (Jenkins); "Living and Learning in the Information Age: From the School to e-school to No School?" (Paine); and "The Economics of Open Learning and Distance Learning in Primary and Secondary Schools" (Bakia). The second section, "Audiences," includes the following chapters: "From Government Correspondence Schools to Parastatal Colleges of Open Learning: Out-of-school Secondary Education at a Distance in Central and Southern Africa" (Dodds); "EFECOT [European Federation for the Education of the Children of Occupational Travellers]: Supporting the Travelling Tradition" (Marks); and "Open Learning and Distance Education for Displaced Populations" (Brophy). The third section, "Methods," includes the following chapters: "Distance Learning in India with Open Schools" (Panda, Garg); "Reflections on Open Schooling and National Policy in South Africa" (Butcher); and "Education by Television: Telecurso 2000" (de Araujo e Oliveira et al.). The fourth section, "The Future," includes the following chapters: "E-learning and the Development of Open Classes for Rural Students in Atlantic Canada" (Stevens); "Virtual High Schools in the United States; Current Views, Future Visions" (Roblyer); and "From Distance Education to e-learning: The Organization of Open Classes at Local, Regional and National Levels" (Stevens, Moffatt). The volume concludes with a conclusion entitled "Open Classrooms and Globalization: Connections and Reflections" (Spronk). All articles include substantial references. (MO)
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