Using ICT and distance education to increase access, equity and quality of rural teachers’ professional development

dc.creator	Bernadette Robinson
dc.date	2008-02-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:18:23Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:18:23Z
dc.identifier	1492-3831
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/9c62bd41f92342cda7899c5ca44f3ac1
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/26885
dc.description	The goal of ‘teacher quality for all’ is proving difficult to achieve in many countries, especially in rural areas, yet teacher quality is a key determinant of students’ participation rates and achievement levels. It also affects the attainment of social justice in terms of equity in educational quality for students. One contributor to teacher quality is professional development though limits on its availability and quality create inequity for many teachers. This paper describes how distance education and ICT improved access, equity, and quality in professional development for rural teachers in one province in western China, viewed through the lens of a ‘rights-based’ framework.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Athabasca University
dc.relation	http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/486/1015
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, Vol 9, Iss 1 (2008)
dc.subject	Rural teachers
dc.subject	Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
dc.subject	continuing professional development
dc.subject	teachers’ rights
dc.subject	EU-China Gansu Basic Education Project
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Using ICT and distance education to increase access, equity and quality of rural teachers’ professional development
dc.type	article