Product Description

This new key text explores the principles and practice of informal education and focuses, in particular, on the notion of 'working with' which is central to practice in this sector.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #37574 in Books
• Published on: 2001-08-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 304 pages

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From the Back Cover
Informal educators work with individuals and groups in the community to promote their learning. They work in ordinary places, rather than formal classrooms, and use informal methods of teaching and learning such as conversation and shared activities. Focusing on ways of working with people, this book builds on the essentially human abilities to query, adapt, rethink, understand or be confused. The book argues that people learn from each other, in social exchanges which rarely involve a professional educator; so any community can be a setting for learning.
Principles and Practice of Informal Education provides a much-needed, and accessible, exploration of learning beyond the classroom. Written by practitioners across a wide range of professional fields, this book will be topical and valuable to anyone working in youth and community work, as well as those in health education, careers guidance and social work.

About the Author
Linda Deer is a freelance writer/editor/lecturer/consultant.
Mary Wolfe is full time tutor at YMCA George Williams College, London

Customer Reviews

A helpful guide
This is a fantastic book, can seem a intimidating to begin with,but has so much useful info by all sorts of writers/workers.I am using it for study and it has proved an invaluable first point of reference. Has excellant signposts for additional reading.

One of the most useful books I have ever used
This book is an excellent collection for anyone who is invovled in youth work, community work or any other form of informal education. It is very well compiled and contains many articles on a wide range of concepts that anyone who delivers and plans group work or community interventions will find useful. This was an essential resource for when I was doing my Masters but it is also an excellent resource on a practical level- very rarely do academic theory and actual practice come together so well.