Adults' Informal Learning: Definitions, Findings, Gaps, and Future Research. NALL Working Paper #21.

Autor/in	Livingstone, D. W.
Institution	Ontario Inst. for Studies in Education, Toronto.
Titel	Adults' Informal Learning: Definitions, Findings, Gaps, and Future Research. NALL Working Paper #21.
Quelle	(2001), (41 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Adult Education; Adult Learning; Education Work Relationship; Educational Research; Experiential Learning; Foreign Countries; Independent Study; Informal Education; Intentional Learning; Lifelong Learning; National Surveys; Outcomes of Education; Research Methodology; Research Needs; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Adulte education; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Ausland; Selbststudium; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Intentionales Lernen; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Forschungsbedarf; Kanada
Abstract	This paper on adult informal learning is divided into four sections. Section 1 examines different conceptions of informal learning and the issues and limitations associated with alternative definitions of informal learning. Section 2 is a review of empirical research on the estimated extent, role, and outcomes of informal learning and posited linkages between informal and formal methods of learning. It reports that, according to the New Approaches to Lifelong Learning (NALL) 2000 national survey, over 95 percent of Canadian adults are involved in some form of informal learning activities that they identify as significant. Section 3 critically assesses current research approaches to studying informal learning and identifies policy-relevant knowledge gaps concerning the general level and nature of informal learning, distribution of informal learning across the adult population, impact of informal learning on individual and firm performance, and relationship of informal learning to formal skills development. Section 4 recommends optimal approaches to future research on informal learning practices with a particular focus on survey research in Canada and finds it imperative to establish benchmarks of the general incidence, basic contents and modes, and any differential patterns of intentional informal learning and training, and to continue to track trends in relation to other dimensions of adult learning. (Appendixes include NALL questions and 69 references.) (YLB)
Anmerkungen	NALL: New Approaches to Lifelong Learning, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, 252 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1V6. Tel: 416-923-6641; Fax: 416-926-4725 ($3). For full text: http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/depts/sese/csew/nall/res/21adult sifnormallearning.htm.
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