Informal education

Informal education is a general term for education that can occur outside of a traditional lecture or school based learning systems.^[1] The term even include customized-learning based on individual student interests within a curriculum inside a regular classroom, but is not limited to that setting.^[1] It could work through conversation, and the exploration and enlargement of experience. Sometimes there is a clear objective link to some broader plan, but not always. The goal is to provide learners with the tools they need to eventually reach more complex material.^[2] It can refer to various forms of alternative education, such as unschooling or homeschooling, autodidacticism (self-teaching), and youth work.

Informal education can include accidental and purposeful ways of collaborating on new information.^[2] It can be discussion-based and focuses on bridging the gaps between traditional classroom settings and life outside of the classroom.

^ ^a ^b Rogoff, Barbara; Callanan, Maureen; Gutiérrez, Kris; Erickson, Frederick (March 2016). "The Organization of Informal Learning". Review of Research in Education. 40: 356–401. doi:10.3102/0091732x16680994. S2CID 149239534.
^ ^a ^b Rogoff, Barbara (2003). The Cultural Nature of Human Development. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199813629.

[:2-1] Rogoff, Barbara; Callanan, Maureen; Gutiérrez, Kris; Erickson, Frederick (March 2016). "The Organization of Informal Learning". Review of Research in Education. 40: 356–401. doi:10.3102/0091732x16680994. S2CID 149239534.

[:0-2] Rogoff, Barbara (2003). The Cultural Nature of Human Development. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199813629.

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