为什么辍学——对远程开放教育学习者的访谈调查

Why Do They Drop out of School?—— Interview Survey of Learners in Open and Distance Education

本文以网络访谈的形式，探寻远程开放教育学习者辍学的影响因素。通过对辍学生、好学生两个组别的对比访谈，研究发现，辍学者相比在学者可能面临更不利的处境。影响学习者放弃学业的原因主要有工学矛盾、经济压力、自主学习能力低，以及学习困难，而且这几个要素之间并不相互独立，它们之间有着密切的联系与影响。研究针对发现的关键要素，提出了远程教育机构的政策取向与作为方向。

Through interviews with dropout students and continuing students, the researchers found that dropout students face more unfavorable conditions for learning than learners at a disadvantage. The key elements affecting distance learners drop out of school may include time conflict between work and study, economic pressure, low self-study, as well as learning difficulties. All of these are not mutually independent but closely linked with each other. The authors then give policy suggestions based on their findings.