The last fifteen years have seen much conceptual and methodological innovation in
research on education and learning across the lifecourse, bringing both fresh insights and …

With different pedagogic practices come different ways of examining them and fresh
understandings of their implications and assumptions. It is the examination of these changes …

It should not perhaps be surprising, at the end of the 20th century—a century which has
witnessed a major decline of the oldest Western institution, the Church—that the survival of …

Open and distance learning has expanded dramatically in recent years across the world,
across the spectrum of subject areas, and across educational levels. This book takes a …

At a time of increasing globalisation, the concept of open and distance learning is being
constantly redefined. New technologies have opened up new ways of understanding and …

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SKILLS IN HIGHER EDUCATION Elisabeth Dunne The Learning Society INTERNATIONAL …

This paper will discuss, with reference to a field study examining attitudinal, emotional, and
physical barriers, some of the ways in which some women are currently restricted in …

NASA satellites watch the earth at night. While it is impossible to see the whole globe in
darkness as the earth rotates endlessly, orbiting the sun, NASA scientists have been able to …

In recent times, spatial metaphors such as border crossing, border pedagogy, speaking from
the margins, spanning the abyss, occupying in-between spaces and diaspora space have …

Globalisation is a process of great significance in the contemporary moment but its
implications for education are still being explored. In this paper, we examine the impact of …