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Is it a new buzzword with no value? Or is it a significant concept for trainers and learners? We'll cover all aspects of informal learning through these hand selected articles.
Five Day Critique of Informal Learning
By Bill Brantley - A critique of Jay Cross' book on informal learning done over five days. Why five days? Because the informal learning model that Cross advocates is just plain bad. Maybe it's his version of informal learning but I was not all persuaded that this is the future of learning. Informal learning is just another hype-filled, buzzword that pretends to be a radical change from the past but is really bits-and-pieces of other learning methods badly packaged. (Added: 14-Sep-2009 Hits: 463 )Informal learning - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
By NA - As our first entry in this section on informal learning, we include the wikipeadia entry for the term. (Added: 14-Sep-2009 Hits: 786 )Non-formal learning: mapping the conceptual terrain. A consultation report.
By Helen Colley, Phil Hodkinson & Janice Malcolm - In this piece the authors provide a very helpful overview of different discourses around non-formal and informal learning and find that there are few, if any, learning situations where either informal or formal elements are completely absent. Boundaries or relationships between informal, non-formal and formal learning can only be understood within particular contexts. They conclude that it is often more helpful to examine dimensions of formality and informality, and ways in which they inter-relate with each other; and that attention should be paid to the wider historical, social, political and economic contexts of learning, and to the theoretical view of learning that is held by the writer. (Added: 14-Sep-2009 Hits: 276 )Steelcase - Learning - The Growth of Informal Learning Environments
By Paul Cornell - Sometimes we learn in spite of ourselves, when there is no intention or motivation. Whether it is a chance encounter with a colleague or that "ah-ha" insight, we learn continuously. We call these experiences informal because there is no agenda, structure, sequence, schedule or controlling "content provider". It is learning that just happens. (Added: 14-Sep-2009 Hits: 252 )non-formal education @ the encyclopedia of informal education
By InFed - Within policy debates a common differentiation has been made between different forms of provision. Informal, non-formal, and formal programmes have been viewed as very different. Here we explore this categorization and some of the forms of work that exist under the non-formal label in southern countries. (Added: 14-Sep-2009 Hits: 231 )Alan Rogers: Looking again at non-formal and informal education - towards a new paradigm
By Alan Rogers - Alan Rogers explores the confused usage of the terms non-formal and informal education and suggests a way forward. (Added: 14-Sep-2009 Hits: 215 )| Library Home Page |
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