Schools and Informal Learning in a Knowledge-Based World - 9780367077563

Taylor & Francis

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\u2019s 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\u2019 different learning \""worlds\"" should be integrated so th.