Abstracts
Abstract
This Note provides an analysis of Mexico’s Telesecundaria program within the context of Mexico’s new education reform framework offering a succinct background of the project, as well as key policy lessons that can be useful for other jurisdictions interested in the development of distance education programs. This Note uses a literature and data analysis review approach, as well as qualitative analysis of interview data collected recently in Mexico by the authors. The Note positions pedagogical approaches to distance education within the context of developments in communication, internet access and renewable energy technologies, as well as within the challenges of the digital divide as means of powering digital access to information and education to remote, rural and marginalized communities.
Résumé
Dans cette note du terrain, les auteurs effectuent une analyse du programme mexicain Telesecundaria dans le contexte du nouveau cadre de la réforme en éducation au Mexique. Ils présentent un bref aperçu du projet, ainsi que les leçons-clés qui pourraient s’avérer utiles en termes de politiques dans d’autres juridictions intéressées par le développement de programmes de formation à distance. Cette note est basée sur une approche de revue de la littérature et d’analyse des données. Elle s’appuie également sur l’analyse qualitative de données recueillies lors d’entrevues réalisées par les auteurs au Mexique. Cette note situe les approches pédagogiques en éducation à distance dans le contexte de développement des communications, d’accès à Internet et de technologies des énergies renouvelables. Elle les positionne aussi en fonction des défis engendrés par la fracture numérique comme moyen d’améliorer l’accès numérique à l’information et l’éducation des communautés éloignées, rurales et marginalisées.
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