Informal education
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Informal education is a general term for education outside of a standard school setting. It can refer to various forms of alternative education, such as:
- Unschooling or Homeschooling
- Autodidacticism (Self-teaching)
- Youth Work
Informal educators work in many different kinds of settings with individuals and groups who choose to engage with them.[1] The mass media (including television, video games, magazines, etc.),[2] museums, libraries, zoos, after-school groups and other community-based organizations and cultural institutions offer forms of informal education.
References
- ↑ YMCA George Williams College handbook (1998:4)
- ↑ Falk, John H. (2001). Science Education: How We Learn Science Outside of School. New York: Teachers College ISBN 0-8077-4064-0
External links
- Formal vs. Informal Education, WGBH.
- Informal Education, The National Academy of Sciences.
- Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings, National Science Foundation.
- Moving Beyond Broadcast and Traditional Pedagogy: Making a Children’s Documentary for the New Media Landscape Master of Fine Arts Thesis, Science and Natural History Filmmaking, Montana State University.
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