The Interrelatedness of Formal, Non-Formal and Informal Learning: Evidence from Labour Market Program Participants

Autor/inn/en	Cameron, Roslyn; Harrison, Jennifer L.
Titel	The Interrelatedness of Formal, Non-Formal and Informal Learning: Evidence from Labour Market Program Participants
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 52 (2012) 2, S.277-309 (33 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1443-1394
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Nonformal Education; Informal Education; Conventional Instruction; Holistic Approach; Adult Education; Labor Market; Job Skills; Classification; Work Experience; Workplace Learning; Disadvantaged; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Non-formal education; Non formal education; Nichtformale Bildung; Informelle Bildung; Holistischer Ansatz; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Produktive Fertigkeit; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Employment experience; Job experience; Occupational experience; Berufserfahrung; Australien
Abstract	Definitions, differences and relationships between formal, non-formal and informal learning have long been contentious. There has been a significant change in language and reference from adult education to what amounts to forms of learning categorised by their modes of facilitation. Nonetheless, there is currently a renewed interest in the recognition of non-formal and informal learning internationally and in Australia. This has been evidenced through the New OECD Activity on Recognition of Non-Formal and Informal Learning and recent policy developments in Australia. These developments have implications for the recognition of skills derived from informal and non-formal learning, especially for those disadvantaged in the labour market. This paper reports on data from a learning grid in a Learning Survey of labour market program participants (n = 172) from northern New South Wales and southern Queensland. We find that life (informal learning) and work experience (non-formal learning) are relatively more important for gaining self-reported skills than formal training/study. We conclude by arguing for a holistic focus on the dynamic interrelatedness of these forms of learning rather than being constrained by a deterministic dichotomy between formality and informality. (Contains 3 tables, 4 figures, and 3 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10