Citation
Nolan, T. (1998), "Face to Face with Distance Education", International Journal of Educational Management, Vol. 12 No. 4, pp. 188-188. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijem.1998.12.4.188.1
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
In his introduction to Face to Face with Distance Education Gordon Burt begins as follows:
Teach more students, cut costs, improve quality! Education institutions today are presented with the conundrum of how to expand provision and reduce costs without harming educational quality. Some say that distance education is the answer … major savings are possible due to reductions in the time which staff spend in face to face contact.
The agenda for this book is formed by the following questions:
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1What should be the balance between distance education and face to face contact?
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2The evidence gathered to answer this question poses the second question which is, how might we ensure that our interpretation of this evidence is sound?
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3How can we ensure that decision makers pay attention to this evidence?
In the three parts of the book these questions are dealt with in a comprehensive and soundly researched manner. The conclusion draws together in a concise, precise and clear way the author’s findings.
The book has a valuable collection of references and has an author index and a subject index.
All in education know that currently there are tremendous pressures on resources. This book is essential in contributing knowledge of what is actually happening on the ground to the debate facing educational institutions regarding the expansion of provision and the reduction of costs without harming educational quality.