By: C. Yates (Editor), Jo Bradley (Editor)

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Open and distance learning has been used in many ways in the recent past to provide both primary education and adult education. The Commonwealth of Learning works with governments, schools and universities with the aim of strengthening the capacities of Commonwealth member countries in developing human resources required for their economic and social development. Many existing policy documents link distance education with new information and communication technologies, portraying them as a promising universal access and exponential growth of learning.
This book answers the key questions to these issues and assesses the impact and effect of the experience of basic education at a distance all over the world and in a wide variety of forms. This is the first major overview of this topic for twenty years.

Introduction
Basic Education at a Distance: An Introduction
The Elusiveness of Integration: Policy Discources on Open and Distance Learning in the 1990s Elaine Unterhalter
Themes
Audiences for Basic Education at a Distance
Basic Education Curriculum: Contexts and Contests
Organisational and Delivery Structures
Evaluation and Quality
The Use of Technologies in Basic Education
Finance, Costs and Economics Francois Orivel
Applications
Literacy and Adult Education Through Distance and Open Learning
Basic Education for Refugees and Nomads
The Power of Open and Distance Learning in Basic Education for Heath and the Environment
Open Schooling at Basic Level
Conclusion
Outcomes: What Have We Learned?
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ISBN: 9780415237741
ISBN-10: 0415237742
Series: World Review of Distance Education & Open Learning S.
Audience: Professional
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 272
Published: 12th October 2000
Dimensions (cm): 23.4 x 15.6  x 1.5
Weight (kg): 0.42