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The Open University - A History (Paperback) Loot Price: R648
Discovery Miles 6 480
The Open University - A History (Paperback): Daniel Weinbren

The Open University - A History (Paperback)

Daniel Weinbren

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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. -- .

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Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: November 2014
First published: 2014
Authors: Daniel Weinbren
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 33mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 416
ISBN-13: 978-0-7190-9627-3
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > Open learning & distance education
Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > Universities / polytechnics
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
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LSN: 0-7190-9627-8
Barcode: 9780719096273

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