The Open University : A history / / Daniel Weinbren

• Autore: Weinbren Daniel
• Pubblicazione: Manchester, England : , : Manchester University Press, in association with The Open University, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (387 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps
• Disciplina: 378.1/750941
• Soggetto topico: EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General
• Soggetto genere / forma: History
• Soggetto non controllato: Harold Wilson; Open University; business model; higher education system; political framework; politics; socio-economic development; student-centred learning; students' participation; teaching methods
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-276) and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This historical perspective on The Open University, founded in 1969, frames its ethos (to be open to people, places, methods and ideas) within the traditions of correspondence courses, commercial television, adult education, the post-war social democratic settlement and the Cold War. A critical assessment of its engagement with teaching, assessment and support for adult learners offers an understanding as to how it came to dominate the market for part-time studies. It also indicates how, as the funding and status of higher education shifted, it became a loved brand and a model for universities around the world. Drawing on previously ignored or unavailable records, personal testimony and recently digitised broadcast teaching materials, it recognises the importance of students to the maintenance of the university and places the development of learning and the uses of technology for education over the course of half a century within a wider social and economic perspective.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Open University
• ISBN: 1-5261-0145-9; 1-5261-0146-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910797718503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II