Title Understanding learners in open and distance education / Terry Evans

Published London : Kogan Page published in association with the Institute of Educational Technology, Open University, 1994

Copies

Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
ADPML SPDU	378.03 Eva/Uli		LIB USE ONLY
W'PONDS	378.03 Eva/Uli		AVAILABLE

Description 133 pages ; 22 cm Series Open and distance learning series Open and distance learning series. Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. Learners' social and educational backgrounds -- 3. Money: coping with the costs of study -- 4. Sex: learning in gendered worlds -- 5. Power: encounters with those in control -- 6. Work: the interplay between education, training and work -- 7. Play/time: study as leisure or the loss of leisure? -- 8. Age: learning in retirement -- 9. Endframes: uncovering the diversities of learners' contexts Analysis Distance study Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Subject Distance education. Learning, Psychology of. Open learning. University extension. Author Open University. Institute of Educational Technology. ISBN 0749412356 (paperback)

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