Study guides in Adult Education – new volume!
2014. 97 pp. Hardcover.
24,90 € (D), 25,60 € (A), US$36.95, GBP 21.95 ISBN 978-3-8474-0632-7
Alan Rogers looks at learning (formal, non- formal and informal) and examines the hidden world of informal (unconscious, unplanned) learning. He points out the importance of informal learning for creating tacit attitudes and values, knowledge and skills which influ- ence (conscious, planned) learning – formal and non-formal. Moreover, he explores the implications of informal learning for educa- tional planners and teachers in the context of lifelong learning. While mainly aimed at adult educators, the book’s arguments apply also to schooling and higher education, in both indus- trialised societies and developing countries where large numbers of children and adults are not and have not been in school and so rely on informal learning to manage change.
Alan Rogers
The Base of the Iceberg
Informal Learning and Its Impact on Formal and Non-formal Learning
Study Guides in Adult Education
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The Author:
Professor Alan Rogers
has worked in adult education in Western and developing country contexts for over forty years;
he is Visiting Professor, School of Education &
Lifelong Learning, at the universities of East Ang- lia and Nottingham, UK, and Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge.
Available as eBook: 978-3-8474-0258-9
