1st Edition

Otto Peters on Distance Education The Industrialization of Teaching and Learning

Edited By Desmond Keegan Copyright 1994
270 Pages
by Routledge

270 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge

Otto Peters is widely recognised as one of the world's leading authorities on distance education. His theory of distance education as the most industrialized form of education is the most original and far reaching analysis of distance education yet produced. This book brings together the best of Peters' work, most of which has not been previously available in the English language. Drawing on... Read more
Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Part 1: Data Collection 1.Distance education by correspondence schools (1965) 2.University-level distance education (1968) 3. Models of university-level education (1971) Part 2: Analysis 4.Didactic analysis (1972) 5.Distance education and industrial production: a comparative interpretation in outline (1967) 6.Distance education: a historical, sociological and anthropological interpretation (1972) Part 3: Distance Education In Practice 7.The concept of the Fernuniversitat (1981) 8.The Fernuniversitat after ten years (1985) Part 4: Contemporary Analysis 9.The iceberg has not yet melted: further reflection on the concept of industrialization and distance teaching (1989) 10.Understanding distance education (1990) 11.Distance education in a post-industrial society (1993) Conclusion by Desmond Keegan Appendix: Major publications on distance education by Otto Peters.

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