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Showing 1 to 20 of 64 for “"informal education"”.
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Perspectives of the autistic 'voice' : An ethnography examining informal education learning experiences.
… in a wholly reflective discussion about their informal education learning experiences. The study uses a constructivist framework to discuss various concepts including autism as a disability, the importance of recognising the heterogeneity of the autistic population, and the significance of …
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Perspectives of the autistic ‘Voice’: An ethnography examining informal education learning experiences
… in a wholly reflective discussion about their informal education learning experiences. The study uses a constructivist framework to discuss various concepts including autism as a disability, the importance of recognising the heterogeneity of the autistic population, and the significance of …
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Addressing design challenges in mechanical counterpressure spacesuit design and space-inspired informal education policy
… performance in STEM subjects, many look toward informal education, or education that occurs outside the classroom, to spur interest in STEM subjects. To maximize educational outcomes, NASA has developed a strategic framework to guide its educational programs. This framework is analyzed in the …
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'What is Life But Learning!': Informal Education in A Christmas Carol, Bleak House, and Great Expectations
The following study is interested in informal education in three of Charles Dickens's novels: A Christmas Carol (1843), Bleak House (1852), and Great Expectations (1860). While substantial scholarly attention has been paid to Dickens's interest in formal education, for example his educational …
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How Informal Education Programs Can Learn From Higher Education Assessment: Evaluating the Morton Arboretum's N-ACT Program
… about the worth of completing a degree, higher education has built a set of assessment practices intended to quantify the change in a student as they matriculate from a first year to a graduate controlling for the different backgrounds of students. Cultural institutions like museums, zoos, …
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Tweeting in the Agora: An Historical Documentary of Educational Structures and Discourse in Ancient Greece and in Modern Social Media
… on the systems and structures of formal and informal education in Ancient Greece under the leadership of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle and the systems and structures of education and discourse on social media, specifically on blogs and Twitter. Using historical documentary research …
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Jaunųjų tenisininkų sportinio ugdymo sistemos modeliavimas /
Since 2015, the new system of informal education organisation and funding should come into force. Therefore, it is very important to formulate a situation of institutions providing informal education for school students after the changes in policy. In accordance with the concept of informal …
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An Investigation of the Effects of Writing Instruction in an Ungraded Informal Learning Environment
… and describe the teaching of writing in an informal setting through the voices of teachers and students. The intent of this study was to describe the roles of teachers and students in this learning environment and specifically to describe the role of writing response groups in this …
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“We Don’t Hear All The Stories”: East Timorese Youth And Education About The Indonesian Occupation
The role of formal and informal education in shaping youths’ historical memories of violence is not well understood (Cole & Barsalou, 2006; Worden, 2014). Few research studies (Bellino, 2017; Russell, 2020; Worden, 2014) have explored how youth engage and negotiate with contested history via formal …
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Collective space in support of education
Over the last two hundred years formal education has developed into a major component of modern society. It is seen as the training of individuals to be free-thinking, contributing citizens. Education has also been touted as the best way to solve many social ills. It is related to improving health, …
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A importância da participação da família na educação infantil
… the teaching-learning process in early childhood education. The family that presents itself in society as an initial basis for the informal education of children should, in partnership with the school, contribute to the formal education being built benefiting the full development of the students. …
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The Role and Function of Literacy in Two Homeschooling Families
… families exhibited features of both formal and informal education. Both families utilized educational resources outside the home, such as libraries, the zoo, and museums. The families shared two characteristics that were not comparable to formal schooling: (1) each family had one adult teaching …
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Informal and popular education in youth and community work : seeking insights for Australian theory and practice from theories and practices in Germany and Singapore
… in these three countries theorise about their educational practice. The following questions guide the research: • Do youth and community workers practice informal education? • What is successful informal education practice in youth and community work? • Does the educational practice of youth …
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Management for Program Sustainability Amidst Rapid Volunteer Turnover
… The center promotes youth development through informal education of its participants, primarily high school youth. Interviews, participant observation and document analysis provided insight into the program sustainability issues present at the youth center. I present a series of scenarios that …
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Teacher Efficacy in Geography: A Mixed Methods Study of Formal and Informal Teacher Education
… within the field of geography and social studies education. Recent studies conclude that many geography teachers have little to no coursework in geography and many are not prepared to teach geography in the K-12 classrooms. Attending geography-related professional development, and encouraging more …
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Perceptions of lecturers in the faculties of Education and Agricultural and natural Resources at the University of Namibia towards prospects and challenges of integrating indigenous knowledge (IK) into the University curricula
… the perceptions of lecturers of the faculties of Education, Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Namibia towards the prospects and challenges of integrating Indigenous Knowledge into the university curricula. Convenience sampling was used to select the respondents, and the study …
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Investigating factors inhibiting institutional investors from investing in Namibia: A study of pension funds
… on risky assets and introduction of formal and informal education in investments and financial modelling.
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Útivist og afþreying í Hornafirði
… læri eitthvað nýtt í gegnum formlaust nám (e. informal education) . Með því er átt við að þau læri í gegnum reynslu/upplifun en með foreldra eða forráðamenn sína með sér sem einskonar leiðbeinendur.
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Kultūrinio identiteto reprezentacijos tinklo kompiuteriniuose žaidimuose informalaus ugdymo požiūriu /
… thesis was grounded in constructivist ideas of education, which allowed identifying recreational process (the playing of computer games) as an activity of informal education and constructively view the formation of knowledge and social stereotypes in the gaming process. The game environment was …
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CNL as Educator in the Emergency Department: Improving Hand Hygiene Outcomes
… and visibility necessitated formal and informal education, environmental, and communication changes among team members. One major environmental intervention involved creating more HH/hand washing stations (HWS) in high traffic areas. Educational interventions included reinforcement of …
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