Toward New Horizons For Women In Distance Education

Preface. Foreword Elizabeth Burge Part 1: Introduction 1. Naming the Problem Karlene Faith Part 2: The Gender Factor in Distance Education 2. Canada: The West Coast June Sturrock 3. Gender-Related Patterns in Choice of Major Subject or Degree Course at FernUniversität (West Germany) Christine von Prümmer and Ute Rossié 4. Women as Distance Learners in Israel Yael Enoch 5. Teaching Art at a Distance in New Zealand Jeanne Macaskill 6. Distance Education as a Means of Enhancing Self-Esteem Among Adult Female Students in Sweden Birgitta Willén 7. Atlantic Canada Perspectives Diana R. Carl, Erin M. Keough and Lorraine Y. Bourque Part 3: Issues of Equity 8. Women in Papua New Guinea: Distance Education as a Means for Educational Advancement Angela Mandie-Filer 9. Female Imagery in Course Materials: Kenya I. Barbara Matiru and Debbie Gachuhi 10. Women in Distance Education at the University of the South Pacific Marjorie Crocombe, Joan Teaiwa, Arlene Griffen, Ruby Va´a, Eileen...