A History of Higher and Professional Correspondence Education in the UK

Autor/in	Hunt, Stephen A.
Titel	A History of Higher and Professional Correspondence Education in the UK
Quelle	In: History of Education, 49 (2020) 3, S.344-361 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Hunt, Stephen A.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0046-760X
DOI	10.1080/0046760X.2020.1739756
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Correspondence Study; Higher Education; Professional Education; Educational History; Student Characteristics; Student Motivation; Outcomes of Education; Dropouts; Student Experience; Teacher Characteristics; Teaching Conditions; Teacher Attitudes; Governance; Educational Change; Influence of Technology; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Berufsausbildung; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Schulische Motivation; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Studienerfahrung; Lehrbedingungen; Unterrichtsbedingungen; Lehrerverhalten; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Bildungsreform; Großbritannien
Abstract	Correspondence education, or learning by post, lasted over 100 years in the UK; it had its roots in the nineteenth century, peaking in the mid-1960s. It was also widespread, numbering hundreds of thousands of enrolments, significantly increasing access to higher education. Yet it has been marginalised in accounts of British higher education. This is partly because it was largely private and for-profit and so distinct from the public education system, while the state declined to play any significant role in its oversight. Consequently, little official data concerning correspondence education has ever been available. This paper constructs an account of the history of correspondence education in the UK in terms of its development as a form of academic and professional provision, and its regulatory framework. The paper also considers the reasons for the eventual demise of the correspondence education sector following changes in teaching methods, and the impact of digital technology. (As Provided).
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Update	2022/1/01