Informal Education: Conversation, democracy and learning - Softcover

Jeffs, Tony; Smith, Mark K

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1900219298 ISBN 13: 9781900219297

Publisher: Educational Heretics Press, 2005

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Edition Educational Heretics Press, Third Edition, Revised and updated, 2005. ISBN: 1-900219-29-8. PAPERBACK. 142 pages, size: 13.4 x 21 x 1 cm. Just light tan to paper edges. Other than that, the unread book remains in excellent condition: Soft cover intact; text all clean, neat and tight. Prompt dispatch from BookGems (UK). (Please note the illustrating pictures you see next to our description are of the actual item in our stock and might not match with the main page's image, which is sometimes confusing).

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informal education: conversation, democracy and learning

This is a little cracker, an ideal tool for all initial training courses and a must for jaded and stressed-out practitioners. This book offers a timely reminder of all that we value about our work and gives a firm orientation to our profession. Doug Nicholls, Rapport January 1997

This book celebrates conversation…. It provides a flavour of the possibilities of informal education [and] should encourage [readers] to probe more deeply into the theory and practice of informal education. Howard Williamson, Young People Now 41

An excellent introduction…. which may well become a classic. William Clemmey, Youth and Policy 59.

Of late there has been a major growth of interest in informal education. But what is it? Who does it? How is it to be developed? This book provides a unique and practical introduction to the area.

The writers explore how informal educators encourage conversation, democracy and learning. They also examine evaluation, working with process, living with values and planning. Each chapter includes a number of questions that help readers to explore their work. Further support is given on a set of linked web pages.

Informal Education is a required text for the Certificate in Foundation Studies in Informal and Community Education...

Synopsis

Informal education has, in recent years, attracted a lot interest amongst educationalists, health and welfare professionals and others. Why is this? Also what is it, who does it, and how can it be developed? This book seeks to answer these questions and provide an introduction to informal education. The writers explore how informal educators encourage conversation, democracy and learning. They also examine evaluation, working with process, living with values and planning. Each chapter includes a number of questions that help readers to explore their work. Further support is given on a set of linked web pages. This is the third edition of this book, which has become a popular text for those in the youth and community sector.

Edition details

• Publisher: Educational Heretics Press
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1900219298
• ISBN 13: 9781900219297
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 142