Informal education

Informal Education is a general term for education outside of a standard school setting. Informal Education is the wise, respectful and spontaneous process of cultivating learning. It works through conversation, and the exploration and enlargement of experience. For Example, Informal education has activities with children, young people and adults. Sometimes there is a clear objective link to some broader plan - example around the development of reading. It can refer to various forms of alternative education, such as:

Informal education consists of accidental, unclear, quantitative information. It usually has a quantitative aspect then a qualitative one. Informal education exceeds formal education in content and knowledge.

Informal Education is a general term for education outside of a standard school setting. Informal Education is the wise, respectful and spontaneous process of cultivating learning. It works through conversation, and the exploration and enlargement of experience. For Example, Informal education has activities with children, young people and adults. Sometimes there is a clear objective link to some broader plan - example around the development of reading. It can refer to various forms of alternative education, such as: An important role in informal education is played by mass media. In order to make information that come from mass media youthful, you need to analyse, synthesize and then accept the results. Informal education refers even to emotions, feelings, beliefs and superstitions. Gained knowledge is a result of formal and non-formal educations and will eventually take the form of values, beliefs, traditions, etc.

In the center of informal education concepts is situated the individual. The reaction of different persons to similar information can be different in each case this is why it can't be predicted or controlled. Informal education is the least controlled, that's why this type of education cannot be excluded from an individual's life. Ability to react in different situations. Ability to understand and control new situations. A complete understanding of self and group needs an necessities. Combination of certain social entities than has a base goal education. Informal Education may be viewed as the learning that comes as a part of being involved in youth and community organisations. In these settings there are specialist workers or educated whose job is to encourage people to think about experiences and situations. This education is a spontaneous process helping people to learn. Its helps to cultivate communities, associations and relationships that make for human flourishing.

Informal Education is driven by conversation and being with others. It develops through spending time with people - sharing in their - and listening and talking. Catherane Blyth has described conversation has "the spontaneous business of making connections" (Blyth 2008:4). It involves connecting with both ideas and other people. " Conversation changes the way you see the world, and even changes the world" (Zeldin 1999:3).

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