Women and Distance Education

Challenges and Opportunities

Christine von Prummer (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

240 Seiten

2015
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-86647-8 (ISBN)

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Argues that distance learning has the potential to provide equal opportunities in HE and that it is up to policy makers to provide a framework for women students that will limit the risks and maximise the opportunities.

This book provides valuable insights into the situation of women in distance education around the world. A wide variety of evidence from different countries supports the conclusion that open and distance learning has the potential to provide equal opportunities in higher and continuing education and that these are currently being missed. The author provides conclusive evidence that distance education, while involving a degree of risk to the stability of families and relationships, etc., nevertheless offers women a chance which, on balance, is worth taking. The author says that it is up to distance education policy makers to provide a framework for women students which will limit the risks and maximise the opportunities. Drawing on fascinating case study material, this book presents vital information for these policy makers.

von Prummer, Christine

1.Introduction 2.Distance Education: Studying outside the ivory tower 3.Home Study: The learning environment of women distance students 4.Women Studying at a Distance: Learning styles and use of local support services 5. Getting in Touch: Communication and new technologies 6. Minority Women in DE: Class and gender in distance education 7.Distance Education and the Social Mobility of Women 8. Challenges, Chances, Changes: Distance education for women

Erscheint lt. Verlag	9.12.2015
Zusatzinfo	15 Tables, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
ISBN-10	1-138-86647-4 / 1138866474
ISBN-13	978-1-138-86647-8 / 9781138866478
Zustand	Neuware