Social capital and open distance e-learning: a Bourdieusian and Marxian discourse

A growing number of social scientists have invoked the idea of social capital in the search for answers to a broadening range of questions being confronted in the wide range of social science disciplines. With this in mind, this article explores the use of social capital as theoretical lens in under...

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Main Authors: Pitsoe, Victor J. (Author), Letseka, Matsephe M. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 2016.
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