Overview
- Fills an enormous gap in the literature of open and distance education for international development
- Describes how open and distance non-formal education is helping to achieve the UN sustainable development goals
- Provides case studies of the methods and technologies being used for individual, community and socio-economic development
- Provides conclusions and lessons learned on best practice and how to improve and extend such applications
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Education (BRIEFSEDUCAT)
Part of the book sub series: SpringerBriefs in Open and Distance Education (BRIEFSODE)
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Background to the Study
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Technology and Media for Open and Distance Non-formal Education
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Cases of Open and Distance Non-formal Education
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Conclusion
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Keywords
About this book
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.
Reviews
“Readers will be impressed with the wide-ranging examples of rich and often innovative ways in which ODL NFE is being used. … the book serves as both an inspiration and practical guide for those working in the non-formal education sector, especially in developing countries, be they practitioners or policy makers.” (Romeela Mohee, Journal of Learning forDevelopment, Vol. 06 (1), 2019)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Open and Distance Non-formal Education in Developing Countries
Authors: Colin Latchem
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6741-9
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-6740-2Published: 07 February 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-6741-9Published: 29 January 2018
Series ISSN: 2211-1921
Series E-ISSN: 2211-193X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 178
Topics: Educational Technology, Learning & Instruction, International and Comparative Education