'Finding an appropriate fit for me': Examining the (in)flexibilities of international distance learning

International Journal of Lifelong Education

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 367-383

  Selwyn, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960355402     PISSN: 02601370     EISSN: 1464519X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02601370.2011.570873     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Adam, B. (1999) Radiated identities: in pursuit of the temporal complexity of conceptual cultural practices. In M. Featherstone and S. Lash (eds.) Spaces of Culture: City, nation, world (London: Sage), pp. 138-157.
2. Bauman, Z. (2005) Liquid Life (Cambridge: Polity).
3. Beck, U. (1999) World Risk Society (Cambridge: Polity).
4. Beck, U., Bonß, W. and Lau, C. (2003) The theory of reflexive modernization. Theory, Culture & Society, 20(2), 1-33.
5. Coffey, A. and Atkinson, P. (1996) Making Sense of Qualitative Data Analysis: Complementary strategies (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage).
6. Edwards, R. (1993) Mature Women Students: Separating or connecting family and education (London: Taylor & Francis).
7. Edwards, R., Armstrong, P. and Miller, N. (2001) Include me out: Critical readings of social exclusion, social inclusion and lifelong learning. International Journal of Lifelong Education, 20(5), 417-428.
8. Eriksson, B. and Karlsson, J. (2009) A package of flexibility?. In E. Skorstad and H. Ramsdal (eds.) Flexible Organizations and the New Working Life (Aldershot: Ashgate), pp. 97-109.
9. Fenwick, T. (2003) Flexibility and individualisation in adult education careers. Journal of Education and Work, 16(2), 165-184.
10. Field, J. (2006) Lifelong Learning and the New Educational Order (Stoke: Trentham).
11. Finlay, L. (2002) Outing' the researcher: the provenance, process, and practice of reflexivity. Qualitative Health Research, 12, 531-545.
12. Glaser, B. and Strauss, L. (1967) The Discovery of Grounded Theory (Chicago: Aldine).
13. Gorard, S. and Rees, G. (2002) Creating a Learning Society: Learning careers and policies for lifelong learning (Bristol: Policy).
14. Harrison, R., Clarke, J., Reeve, F. and Edwards, R. (2003) Doing identity work: Fuzzy boundaries and flexibility in further education. Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 8(1), 93-106.
15. Lash, S. (2003) Reflexivity as non-linearity. Theory, Culture and Society, 20(2), 49-57.
16. Nicoll, K. (2006) Flexibility and Lifelong Learning (London: Routledge).
17. Nielsen, K., Nielsen, L., Madsen, E. and Pedersen, K. (2007) When innovation, change and flexibility becomes the problem. Paper presented to Action Research conference (Oslo, 3-5 September).
18. Raddon, A. (2007) Timescapes of flexibility and insecurity: Exploring the context of distance learners. Time & Society, 16, 61-82.
19. Reay, D., Ball, S. and David, M. (2002) 'It's taking me a long time but I'll get there in the end': Mature students on access courses and higher education choice. British Educational Research Journal, 28(1), 5-19.
20. Sennett, R. (1998) The Corrosion of Character (New York: W.W. Norton).
21. Smith, P. (2010) Harnessing America's Wasted Talent (New York: Wiley Smith).
22. Strauss, A. (1987) Qualitative Analysis for Social Scientists (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press).