What's it all about?
"Information and
Communications Technology at home linked to the home tuition service or PRU
(Pupil Referral Unit) could provide part of the timetable effectively and
flexibly, particularly in rural areas. If a home tuition service is run
separately, it should develop strong links with PRUs and other relevant
professionals."
Social Inclusion: the LEA role in Pupil Support, DfEE July
1999, page 21
Only Connect is a project set up by Marshal Anderson
(hereinafter knows as I or me etc.) to explore some of the possibilities and
pitfalls of using the internet to augment the education of home-tutored
students. In this case, the phrase 'home-tutored' refers to students who, for a
variety of reasons, are being educated at home by the Local Education
Authority. This is a very specific group quite distinct from those students
being educated at home by their parents with the LEA's agreement, and from the
additional tuition students get outside school from a range of sources.
The project functions as a 'professional practice' element on which to base the
final dissertation for my M.Ed in on-line learning at Sheffield University. The
areas of the project to be covered by the dissertation are still under
consideration, but they will be a sub-set of the whole.
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