Teacher Education Through Open and Distance Learning

Open and distance learning has the potential to help achieve the target of education for all by 2015. This book describes and analyses the ways in which these methods and technologies are used for initial teacher training and continuing professional development, training principals and school managers and those who provide non-formal adult and community education. It also provides a valuable discussion of the policy-making, management, technology, costing, evaluation and quality assurance aspects of this work.

Edited by Bernadette Robinson, Colin Latchem

1. Teacher Education: Challenge and Change 2. Open and Distance Learning for Teacher Education 3. Policy-Making, Planning and Management 4. Open and Distance Education for Initial Teacher Training 5. Open and Distance Education for Professional Development 6. Open and Distance Training for Informal, Community and Adult Educators 7. Open and Distance Education Training for Maths and Science Teachers 8. Open and Distance Education Training for Teachers of English 9. Open and Distance Education Training of School Managers 10. Selecting and Using Media in Teacher Training 11. The Use of ICT for Teacher Training 12. Training Teachers to Teach Online 13. International Collaboration and Partnership 14. Evaluation and Quality Assurance 15. Costing Distance Education-Based Teacher Development 16. Conclusions, Recommendations and Speculations