| Title | Open and flexible learning for whom? : rethinking distance education | Author | Thaman, Konaiholeva Helu | Subject | Distance education|Cross-cultural studies|Oceania Distance education|Social aspects|Oceania | Abstract | Distance education is put under the microscope in this first two article. Thaman examines how it has affected equity and access in the University of the South Pacific region and, while acknowledging the well-known arguments for distance education, she urges Pacific Island educators to resist the lure of standardised, homogenised, packaged education, dominated by foreign educational philosophies. Instead, distance education offered by USP should be culturally inclusive, so that it serves to develop, rather than marginalise, Pacific cultures. | Volume/Year | Directions: Journal of Educational Studies no.44, vol.23, no.1, 2001 | Collation | p. 3-22 ; | Notes | • | | Filesize | 45250 bytes | File Format | PDF | Number of pages | 20 |
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