| Theoretical Principles of Distance Education Contributor(s): Keegan, Desmond (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415089425 ISBN-13: 9780415089425 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $228.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 1993 Annotation: "Theoretical Principles of Distance Education" highlights for the first time the implications of electronic communication developments for both conventional and distance education. In a closely planned and balanced study, fifteen of the world's leading scholars examine the didactic, analytical, academic, philosophical and technological underpinnings of distance education, making use of contemporary philosophy, educational philosophy and communications theory. The book sets new levels for the analysis and study of distance education. It demonstrates for the first time that contemporary educational philosophy, didactic strategies and administrative theory can no longer focus solely on the classroom and lecture hall but must also embrace teaching at a distance. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science - Education | Administration - General - Education | Distance, Open & Online Education |
| Dewey: 371.35 |
| LCCN: 93230530 |
| Series: Educational Management Series |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.13 lbs) 286 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: According to UNESCO statistics, 10 million of the world's 600 million students study at a distance. Theoretical Principles of Distance Education seeks to lay solid foundations for the education of these students and for the structures within which they study. As a more industrialised form of education provision, distance education is well adapted to the use of new communication technologies, and brings to education many of the strengths and dangers of post-industrialism. The central focus of the study of distance education is the placing of the student at home or at work and the justification of the abandonment in this form of education of interpersonal, face-to-face communication, previously considered to be a cultural imperative for education in both east and west. This book explores the problems that distance education poses to the theorist, bringing together an international team of distance educators to address these issues for the first time in a systematic way. The team comprises theoreticians, administrators, experts in educational technology and adult education, experts in learning from video machines, from computers and other forms of technology. Contributions from Italy, and Scandinavia contrast with viewpoints provided by scholars from the US, Canada, Australia, and the UK. |
