More on non formal learning
26-January-2005
permalinkStill thinking on all this informal and non formal learning stuff. I have written before about problems of definitions and basic ideas. What distinguishes informal form non formal learning etc.
Still thinking on all this informal and non formal learning stuff. I have written before about problems of definitions and basic ideas. What distinguishes informal form non formal learning etc.
Jenny Hughes suggested to me that the real problem is not the issue of definitions as such, but the unsophisticated tools for analysing different forms of learning.
She suggests that 6 Category Intervention Analysis may offer a good starting point. The categories of of analysis are posted below. Each category represents a continuum on which teachers or trainers may be operating at any one time. I copy the categories below.
Jenny's idea is that we could adopt or develop a similar scale for analysing and describing non formal learning
Will do a little research and return to this with references etc.
Extended text for this entry:
Directive - non directive
Structured - unstructured
Catalytic - non catalytic
Cathartic - non cathartic
Interpretative - non interpretative
Prescriptive - descriptive
Confronting / challenging - non challenging
