Making Meaning of Local Nonformal Education: Practitioner's Perspective

Autor/in	Taylor, Edward W.
Titel	Making Meaning of Local Nonformal Education: Practitioner's Perspective
Quelle	In: Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 56 (2006) 4, S.291-307 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0741-7136
DOI	10.1177/0741713606289122
Schlagwörter	Parks; Museums; Nonformal Education; Educational Environment; Case Studies; Educational Improvement; Adult Education; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Freizeitpark; Museum; Museumswesen; Museen; Non-formal education; Non formal education; Nichtformale Bildung; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; USA
Abstract	Most often associated with international development programs, local nonformal education, which is practiced in cultural (museums), historical (memorials, battlefields), natural (parks), and commercial (craft, home improvement clinics) settings, has received little substantive attention in the United States. In response, this case study explored two nonformal education sites (state parks and home improvement clinics) to understand how nonformal educators make meaning of their practice. Through observations and interviews, results indicate a much more complex picture of nonformal education than is discussed in the literature, with implications for both formal education and improving the practice of nonformal education. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10