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Informal Learning in Youth Work

Author : Janet R Batsleer
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1473946190
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (739 download)

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Download or read book Informal Learning in Youth Work written by Janet R Batsleer and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2008-05-21 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Informal Learning in Youth Work offers fresh perspectives on all aspects of informal education in the youth work setting. Designed to develop the reader′s knowledge and skills, this comprehensive textbook explores key issues such as communication, power relations, ethics, gender exclusion, sexuality, race discrimination and social class. The author places particular emphasis on conversation as a key means of promoting informal learning and engaging effectively with young people. Other key features include: " case studies that illustrate the application of theory to `real-life′ practice " an emphasis on critical reflection, including reflective questions " an easily accessible style, with key terms and tips for further reading " a four-part structure guiding the reader through different stages of conversations and relationships in informal education. Informal Learning in Youth Work provides a unique combination of theoretical analysis and practice tips. Satisfying training and course requirements in the area, it will be essential reading for all students on youth and community work courses, as well as those in allied fields such as education and social work. It will also be a valuable reference for practitioners working with young people on a daily basis.

Recovering Informal Learning

Author : Paul Hager
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402053460
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Recovering Informal Learning written by Paul Hager and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-05-23 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Educational theory and practice have long been dominated by the requirements of formal learning. This book seeks to persuade readers through philosophical argument and empirical examples that the balance should shift back towards the informal. The arguments and examples derive from informal learning in diverse situations, such as leisure activities, as a preparation for and as part of work, and as a means of surviving undesirable circumstances like dead-end jobs and incarceration.

Informal Learning

Author : Jay Cross
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 111804696X
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Informal Learning written by Jay Cross and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-01-25 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most learning on the job is informal. This book offers advice on how to support, nurture, and leverage informal learning and helps trainers to go beyond their typical classes and programs in order to widen and deepen heir reach. The author reminds us that we live in a new, radically different, constantly changing, and often distracting workplace. He guides us through the plethora of digital learning tools that workers are now accessing through their computers, PDAs, and cell phones.

Learning in Places

Author : Zvi Bekerman
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9780820467863
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (678 download)

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Download or read book Learning in Places written by Zvi Bekerman and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2006 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learning in Places is a concerted effort undertaken by an outstanding group of international researchers to create a resource book that can introduce academic, professional and lay readers to the field of informal learning/education and its potential to transform present educational thinking. The book presents a wealth of ideas from a wide variety of disciplinary fields and methodological approaches covering multiple learning landscapes - in museums, workplaces, classrooms, places of recreation - in a variety of political, social and cultural contexts around the world. Learning in Places presents the most recent theoretical advances in the field; analyzing the social, cultural, political, historical and economical contexts within which informal learning develops and must be critiqued. It also looks into the epistemology that nourishes its development and into the practices that characterize its implementation; and finally reflects on the variety of educational contexts in which it is practiced.

Virtual Professional Development and Informal Learning via Social Networks

Author : Dennen, Vanessa P.
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1466618167
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (666 download)

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Book Synopsis Virtual Professional Development and Informal Learning via Social Networks by : Dennen, Vanessa P.

Download or read book Virtual Professional Development and Informal Learning via Social Networks written by Dennen, Vanessa P. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2012-06-30 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book will examine how individuals and organizations are using Web 2.0 tools to create informal learning and professional development opportunities"-- Provided by publisher.

Learning Science in Informal Environments

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309141133
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Learning Science in Informal Environments written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2009-05-27 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Informal science is a burgeoning field that operates across a broad range of venues and envisages learning outcomes for individuals, schools, families, and society. The evidence base that describes informal science, its promise, and effects is informed by a range of disciplines and perspectives, including field-based research, visitor studies, and psychological and anthropological studies of learning. Learning Science in Informal Environments draws together disparate literatures, synthesizes the state of knowledge, and articulates a common framework for the next generation of research on learning science in informal environments across a life span. Contributors include recognized experts in a range of disciplines-research and evaluation, exhibit designers, program developers, and educators. They also have experience in a range of settings-museums, after-school programs, science and technology centers, media enterprises, aquariums, zoos, state parks, and botanical gardens. Learning Science in Informal Environments is an invaluable guide for program and exhibit designers, evaluators, staff of science-rich informal learning institutions and community-based organizations, scientists interested in educational outreach, federal science agency education staff, and K-12 science educators.

Schools and Informal Learning in a Knowledge-Based World

Author : Javier Calvo de Mora
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429666195
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (296 download)

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Book Synopsis Schools and Informal Learning in a Knowledge-Based World by : Javier Calvo de Mora

Download or read book Schools and Informal Learning in a Knowledge-Based World written by Javier Calvo de Mora and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-09-19 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has two purposes: To open up the debate on the role of informal education in schooling systems and to suggest the kind of school organizational environment that can best facilitate the recognition of informal learning. Successive chapters explore what is often seen as a duality between informal and formal learning. This duality is particularly so because education systems expend so much time and effort in certifying formal knowledge often expressed in school subjects reflecting academic disciplines.Recognizing the contribution informal learning can make to young people’s understanding and development does not negate the importance of valued social knowledge: That complements it. Students come to school with knowledge learnt from their families, peers, the community and both traditional and social media. They should not have to "unlearn" this in order to enter the world of formal learning. Rather, students’ different learning "worlds" should be integrated so that each informs the other. In a knowledge-based society, all learning needs to be valued. Some contributors to this book reflect on how new educational systems could be created in a move away from top-down authoritarian and bureaucratic management. Such open systems are seen to be more welcoming in acknowledging the importance of informal learning. Others provide practical examples of how informal learning is currently recognized. Some attention is also paid to the evaluation of informal learning. A key objective of the work presented here is to stimulate debate about the role of informal learning in knowledge-based societies and to stimulate thinking about the kind of reforms needed to create more open and more democratic school learning environments.

Communities of Practice

Author : Noriko Hara
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 354085424X
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book Communities of Practice written by Noriko Hara and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-10-20 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1.1 Introduction Each year corporations spend millions of dollars training and educating their - ployees. On average, these corporations spend approximately one thousand dollars 1 per employee each year. As businesses struggle to stay on the cutting-edge and to keep their employees educated and up-to-speed with professional trends as well as ever-changing information needs, it is easy to see why corporations are investing more time and money than ever in their efforts to support their employees’ prof- sional development. During the Industrial Age, companies strove to control natural resources. The more resources they controlled, the greater their competitive edge in the mark- place. Senge (1993) refers to this kind of organization as resource-based. In the Information Age, companies must create, disseminate, and effectively use kno- edge within their organization in order to maintain their market share. Senge - scribes this kind of organization as knowledge-based. Given that knowledge-based organizations willcontinuetobeadrivingforcebehindtheeconomy, itisimperative that corporations support the knowledge and information needs of their workers.

Informal Learning in the Community

Author : Veronica McGivney
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781862010734
Total Pages : 99 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Informal Learning in the Community written by Veronica McGivney and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In order to promote lifelong learning we need to give greater recognition and value to the huge variety of informal learning that is conducted in community settings. This report is based on a short DfEE-funded study designed to explore the role of community-based informal learning in widening participation and starting people on a learning pathway. The study involved an extensive literature search, consultation with relevant organisations and individuals, with visits to a small sample of organisations and locations providing community-based learning activities. The study show that informal learning plays a crucial role in starting people on a learning pathway. It also identifies the kinds of services, structures and conditions needed to develop learning pathways and encourage people to make the transition from informal to more formal, structured and accredited learning. However, it highlights the fact that educational progression, albeit a desirable outcome, is not necessarily the most important benefit of informal learning: the benefits to individuals, families and communities may be far more wide-ranging.The big question is how to demonstrate that value and convince policy-makers and funders that informal learning is something worthy of greater investment, not only in the interests of lifelong learning but also in the interests of community regeneration and helping excluded groups to develop their potential

Principles and Practice of Informal Education

Author : Linda Deer Richardson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134605188
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (346 download)

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Download or read book Principles and Practice of Informal Education written by Linda Deer Richardson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-11-23 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new and exciting text is aimed at informal educators involved in youth work, community work and adult education and health promotion. The contributors explore the principles and practice of informal education and focus, in particular, on the notion of 'working with' which is central to practice, in this sector. The book argues for an approach which is relevant to a number of professional fields and which focuses on a way of working rather than upon a specific target group. The book looks at the role of an educator in informal education and youth work settings. Comprehensive and analytical, it looks at social, cultural and political contexts of education. The authors discuss the practical side of teaching from the setting, programme planning and communication to activity-based work, one-to-one case work, formal group work and managing the work load. Finally the book analyses developing professional practice, the use of line management and supervision, and evaluation of work.

Out of the Ruins

Author : Robert H. Haworth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781629632391
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (323 download)

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Download or read book Out of the Ruins written by Robert H. Haworth and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary educational practices are heeding the calls of Wall Street for more corporate control, privatisation and standardised accountability. In many cases, educational policies are created to uphold and serve particular social, political and economic ends. Schools, in a sense, have been tools to reproduce hierarchical, authoritarian and hyper-individualistic models of social order. The important news is that emancipatory educational practices are emerging. Out of the Ruins sets out to explore and discuss the emergence of alternative learning spaces.

Informal Education

Author : Tony Jeffs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781900219297
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (192 download)

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Download or read book Informal Education written by Tony Jeffs and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writers explore how informal educators encourage conversation, democracy and learning. They also examine evaluation, working with process, living with values and planning. Each chapter includes a number of questions that help readers to explore their work. Further support is given on a set of linked web pages.

Learning in Social Action

Author : Griff Foley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781862010673
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Learning in Social Action written by Griff Foley and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book seeks to increase our understanding of those non-educational contexts and informal circumstances in which people learn. Adult educators, Professor Foley argues, ought not to neglect the importance of the incidental learning which can take place, in particular, when people become involved in voluntary organisations, social struggles, and political activity of every kind. In developing the argument that such involvement can provide extraordinarily powerful learning opportunities, he uses case studies from the United States of America, Australia as well as Third World countries - Brazil and Zimbabwe - and embracing very diverse environmental, women's, worker and political struggles. He is particularly interested in how involvement in social action can help people to unlearn dominant, oppressive ideologies and discourses and learn instead oppositional, liberatory ones, even if such processes of emancipatory learning are inevitably complex and contradictory. He relates these processes of informal learning in contested contexts to current thinking in adult education and points the way to a somewhat different, and more radical, agenda in adult education theory and practice. For adult educators, community workers and others working with socially engaged citizens, the insights and lessons of this book ought to be especially useful as they try to develop their own practice in such contexts.

Measuring and Analyzing Informal Learning in the Digital Age

Author : Mejiuni, Olutoyin
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1466682663
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (666 download)

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Download or read book Measuring and Analyzing Informal Learning in the Digital Age written by Mejiuni, Olutoyin and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2015-04-30 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the twenty-first century, learning—and the definition of education—is changing. New digital, online, and social tools have the ability to transform the classroom and engage learners like never before. In the midst of this technological revolution, it is crucial for educators and administrators to be able to gauge the impact of digital tools on learners in a variety of settings. Measuring and Analyzing Informal Learning in the Digital Age addresses the need for educators, administrators, and professionals across industries to be more attentive to the learning process outside of a traditional classroom setting. As online learning, and MOOCs in particular, become more mainstream, tracking informal learning becomes difficult despite the necessity of feedback and measurement in non-formal learning environments. Investigating some of the primary technologies being used in educational settings and how a less structured and more open learning environment can effectively motivate students and non-traditional learners, this premier reference is a crucial source of information for educators, administrators, theorists, and other professionals in the field of education.

The Necessity of Informal Learning

Author : Coffield, Frank
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1861341520
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (613 download)

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Download or read book The Necessity of Informal Learning written by Coffield, Frank and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2000-01-12 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report constitutes an exploratory study of the submerged mass of learning which takes place informally and implicitly. It considers the importance of informal lerning in the formation of knowledge and skills and policies to widen participation.

The Concepts and Practices of Lifelong Learning

Author : Brenda Morgan-Klein
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134088310
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (34 download)

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Book Synopsis The Concepts and Practices of Lifelong Learning by : Brenda Morgan-Klein

Download or read book The Concepts and Practices of Lifelong Learning written by Brenda Morgan-Klein and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-12-17 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a special edition of an established title widely used by colleges and universities throughout the world. This version focus on to apply the theory into practice. Implementing organizational change has emerged as a core competency for corporate executive. In fact, any leader today will discover just how vital leading change is. If you're not leading change, as the saying goes, you're not leading.

Learning in Communities

Author : John M. Carroll
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1848003323
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book Learning in Communities written by John M. Carroll and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-02-24 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most learning takes place in communities. People continually learn through their participation with others in everyday activities. Such learning is important in contemporary society because formal education cannot prepare people for a world that changes rapidly and continually. We need to live in learning communities. This volume gathers together all of the scholarly materials directly emanating from a workshop held in August 2005, when a multidisciplinary group of scholars met at Penn State’s College of Information Sciences and Technology to discuss ‘learning in communities’. Initially, a sectioned report on the workshop was published as a special section in the Journal of Community Informatics in 2006. Subsequently, a special issue of 5 full papers was published in the Journal of Computer-Supported Cooperative Work, and a special section of 2 full papers was published in the International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning.