The Commonwealth of Learning, in association with the British academic publisher RoutledgeFalmer Press has published the second volume in the World review of distance education and open learning book series. Basic Education at a Distance was jointly published in November 2000. (J. Bradley and C. Yates, eds.; ISBN: 0 415 23773 4; 256 pages, paperback).
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Volume two:
Basic Education at a Distance
How can open and distance learning help the world's illiterate population?
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How can open and distance learning help the world's illiterate population? At the beginning of the 21st century, nearly one-fifth of humanity is functionally illiterate. This means that they cannot participate fully in their societies or protect their basic rights. As most of these people live in the rural areas of the developing world, the task of helping them to gain access to basic education is formidable.
Basic Education at a Distance reviews world experience in both policy and practice. It assesses the impact of a wide variety of forms of basic education at a distance and associated use of technologies. The book is the first major overview of this critical form of education for twenty years.
The World review of distance and open learning was launched in 1999 with Higher Education through Open and Distance Learning. Hilary Perraton, Director of the International Research Foundation for Open Learning, is the managing editor of the series. Each book in the series concentrates on a single theme so that the volumes build up into a major series of works of record.
CONTENTS:
Foreword - Gajaraj Dhanarajan
Part 1 - Introduction
Basic education at a distance: an introduction Chris Yeates and Thomas Tilson
The elusiveness of integration: policy discourses on open and distance learning in the 1990s Elaine Unterhalter, Catherine Odora Hoppers and Wim Hoppers
Part 2 - Themes
Audiences for basic education at a distance Lynette Anderson and Barbara Spronk
Basic education curriculum: contexts and contests Richard Siaciwena and Jennifer O'rourke
Organisational and delivery structures Tony Dodds and Palitha Edirisingha
Evaluation and quality Judith Calder and Santosh Panda
The use of technologies in basic education Keith Harry and Abdul Khan
Finance, costs and economics François Orivel
Part 3 - Applications
Literacy and adult education through distance and open learning Usha Reddi and Anita Dighe
Basic education for refugees and nomads Jason Pennells and Chima Ezeomah
The power of open and distance learning in basic education for health and environment Pat Pridmore and Stephanie Ndbua
Open schooling at basic level Janet Jenkins and Arief S. Sadiman
Part 4 - Conclusion
Outcomes: what have we learned? Chris Yates
Volume two editors
Volume two in the series was edited by Chris Yates, Education Co-ordinator, and Jo Bradley, Publications Co-ordinator, at the International Extension College, Cambridge
