Australian Journal of Adult Learning
Critical thinking and research in the field of adult learning
Author/s: Tracey Ollis
Edition: Volume 51, Number 2, July 2011
Summary: This paper explores the informal and social learning dimensions of activists as they learn skills and knowledge through participating in social action. Continue reading “Learning in social action: The informal and social learning dimensions of circumstantial and lifelong activists”
Author/s: Rowena MacKean and Joan Abbott-Chapman
Edition: Volume 51, Number 2, July 2011
Summary: The significance of findings from a qualitative Tasmanian study, which investigated the part played by informal learning in positive ageing, Continue reading “Leisure activities as a source of informal learning for older people: The role of community-based organisations”
Author/s: Roslyn Cameron, Jennifer L. Harrison
Edition: Volume 52, Number 2, July 2012
Summary: Definitions, differences and relationships between formal, non-formal and informal learning have long been contentious. Continue reading “The interrelatedness of formal, non-formal and informal learning: Evidence from labour market program participants”