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The Open University : A history / / Daniel Weinbren



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Autore: Weinbren Daniel Visualizza persona
Titolo: The Open University : A history / / Daniel Weinbren Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-5261-0145-9
1-5261-0146-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910810675003321
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