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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299515403321

Autore

Latchem Colin

Titolo

Open and Distance Non-formal Education in Developing Countries / / by Colin Latchem

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018

ISBN

9789811067419

9811067414

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XX, 178 p.)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Open and Distance Education, , 2509-4343

Disciplina

371.35091724

Soggetti

Educational technology

Learning, Psychology of

International education

Comparative education

Digital Education and Educational Technology

Instructional Psychology

International and Comparative Education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The tools and methods of ODL for development -- Case studies – Technology applications -- Case studies – Development Programmes -- Issues -- Conclusions and recommendations.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is the first comprehensive account of developments in open and distance non-formal education in developing countries for over more than 20 years. It includes many instructive and inspiring examples of how international agencies such as UNESCO, FAO, WHO, UNICEF, USAID and the Commonwealth of Learning and national providers are using radio, TV, online and mobile learning, telecentres and other means to achieve the Education for All, Millennium Development and Sustainable Development Goals. It describes the educational needs of the world’s most disadvantaged, vulnerable and least formally educated children, youth and adult populations, including the disabled, refugees and prisoners. It also reports on the successes, outcomes, constraints and shortcomings of using open and



distance methods and technology to deliver literacy and numeracy programmes, equivalency, ‘second chance’ or alternative schooling, life skills and rural community development programmes and income generation and vocational training outside the framework of the formal education system. It concludes with suggestions for the extension and improvement of such lifelong learning. Designed to encourage further research and development in these capacity-building practices outside the established formal system, this is a must-read for all policy-makers, managers, educators, students and researchers interested in non-formal education for individuals, families and communities in the developing world.