Contemporary Issues in American Distance Education
Published on 21. November 1990
Book
Hardback
446 pages
978-0-08-040233-8 (ISBN)
Description
Distance Learning in America is characterised by an enormous variety of institutions, programs, media and pedagogical methods. This book attempts to draw together an overall picture of the rapid growth and achievements in the field of American distance education and the problems and issues that confront it. The book is aimed primarily at the university and college teacher and student, and particularly at graduate students in adult and distance education and other related fields. It aims to provide a cross-sectional view of the administrative and policy issues, the questions about learners and instruction, the problems of curriculum and course design and the new conceptual and theoretical concerns of some of the country's foremost practitioners and thinkers.
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'...reflects its subject matter well - it is wide-ranging and has many excellent components' International Journal of Lifelong EducationMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-08-040233-8 (9780080402338)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Section headings and selected chapters: Acknowledgement; Introduction; background and overview of the contemporary American distance education, M.G. Moore; Institutional Contexts, Administration and Organization of Distance Education; The differentiation of institutional structures and effectiveness in distance education programs, M. Mark. Organiztion and administration of distance education, P. Kovel-Jarboe; The literature of management, B. Duning; The Learner, Learning, Instruction and Learner Support; Learners and learning: a discussion of selected research, C. Campbell Gibson; Psychological type elements and goal accomplishment style: implications for distance education, K.S. Atman; An epistemological justification for the role of teaching in distance education, M. Sammons Course Design and Instruction; Distance education and the curriculum: dredging a new mainstream, G.E. Miller; Enhancing the effectiveness of distance education: a proposed research agenda, F.M. Dwyer; Economic development and technology transfer: implications for the design of self-instructional materials, D.J. Davis. Theory, Policy and Research in Distance Education. Can controversies come under control? C.E. Feasley. A theory for distance education, D.Keegan; Toward a reconceptualization of distance education, D.Shale; Author index; Subject index