Distant voices : a study of distance education text strategies in relation to adult learning styles

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dc.contributor.advisorMorphet, Tonyen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMackenzie, Elizabeth Anneen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-22T07:20:11Z
dc.date.available2016-02-22T07:20:11Z
dc.date.issued1998en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: pages 141-151.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractDistance education promises to broaden access to education to an increasing number and variety of learners in the "new South Africa". The construction and presentation of course texts is a critical factor in whether that promise is fulfilled. The producers of texts, working in their specific socio-cultural contexts, select and sequence the concepts they teach and create voices in the text which work in place of actual teachers. These textual voices interact with readers in a variety of communicative and educative ways, opening to greater or fewer styles of learning, and constructing a wider or narrower range of identities for readers. This results in learning styles being more or less able to be engaged, and learners being more or less able to identify with identities constructed for them by the text. The learner identities so constructed are sustained by combinations of political, educational and global discourses which reflect, challenge or perpetuate social power relations, such as genderen_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationMackenzie, E. A. (1998). <i>Distant voices : a study of distance education text strategies in relation to adult learning styles</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17182en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMackenzie, Elizabeth Anne. <i>"Distant voices : a study of distance education text strategies in relation to adult learning styles."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17182en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMackenzie, E. 1998. Distant voices : a study of distance education text strategies in relation to adult learning styles. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Mackenzie, Elizabeth Anne AB - Distance education promises to broaden access to education to an increasing number and variety of learners in the "new South Africa". The construction and presentation of course texts is a critical factor in whether that promise is fulfilled. The producers of texts, working in their specific socio-cultural contexts, select and sequence the concepts they teach and create voices in the text which work in place of actual teachers. These textual voices interact with readers in a variety of communicative and educative ways, opening to greater or fewer styles of learning, and constructing a wider or narrower range of identities for readers. This results in learning styles being more or less able to be engaged, and learners being more or less able to identify with identities constructed for them by the text. The learner identities so constructed are sustained by combinations of political, educational and global discourses which reflect, challenge or perpetuate social power relations, such as gender DA - 1998 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1998 T1 - Distant voices : a study of distance education text strategies in relation to adult learning styles TI - Distant voices : a study of distance education text strategies in relation to adult learning styles UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17182 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/17182
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMackenzie EA. Distant voices : a study of distance education text strategies in relation to adult learning styles. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education, 1998 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17182en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Educationen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherDistance education - South Africa.en_ZA
dc.subject.otherAdult learning - South Africaen_ZA
dc.titleDistant voices : a study of distance education text strategies in relation to adult learning stylesen_ZA
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dc.type.qualificationnameMPhilen_ZA
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