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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"non-formal learning"”.
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Formal and Non-Formal Learning in Virtual Environments
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Engaging Students in 21st Century Skills through Non-Formal Learning
… (CCSMP), and Partnership for 21st Century Learning (P-21) challenge educators to provide students with dynamic learning experiences that address the needs of learners in today's society. These new standards represent a paradigm shift away from the meticulous content memorization of many …
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Constructing a non-formal learning environment in an applied graduate training program: Building a community of practice
… purpose of this research was to enhance student learning outside of the classroom through the creation and facilitation of a community of practice. Using the social constructionist and communities of practice frameworks and employing a modified collaborative inquiry methodology, the objective was …
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Informal and non-formal learning amongst teachers in relation to the management of classroom discipline at a primary school
… schools. It is expected from teachers to manage learning in classrooms, while at the same time practise and promote a critical, committed and ethical attitude towards the development of a sense of respect and responsibility amongst learners. It is with this in mind that one should remember that …
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Unpicking the learning from the doing: an exploration of informal learning in a voluntary group
This thesis is an exploration of informal learning in a voluntary group. The research identified a large body of learning which has been done over an extended period of time by a group of people who have been motivated to learn in order to do. This learning is both implicit in their stories and …
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Positive Influences and Educational Practices in the STEM Learning Ecosystem: An Asset-Based, Multi-Case Exploration of Non-Formal Youth Education in Senegal
… youth to engage in STEM education outside the formal school system. This research used case studies to explore the experiences of Senegalese youth learners and educators engaged in hands-on STEM education within non-formal learning settings in Dakar, Senegal. The first case involved six youth …
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An examination of the impact of non-formal and informal learning on adult environmental knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors.
… literacy variables and their demographic, non-formal and informal learning, and (3) determine the relative contribution of demographic and learning variables for predicting environmental knowledge, attitudes and behaviors. This research was accomplished by conducting a secondary data …
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Supporting lifelong learning with Open Educational Resources (OER) among diverse users: motivations for and approaches to learning with different OER
… to understand: 1) What motivates and influences learning with Open Educational Resources (OER) among different users, and 2) What role OER play in supporting lifelong learning among different users. The activities of key international organisations promoting lifelong learning as significant in …
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University students' perceptions of neurology and experiences of learning neurological physiotherapy.
… of neurology and their experiences of learning neurological physiotherapy in one UK Higher Education Institution (HEI). This mixed methods case study was conducted with all pre-registration physiotherapy students on the BSc and MSc programmes at the participating institution. The …
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Chemistry in context : a guide to site visits in secondary education chemistry
… valued site visits as opportunities to enhance learning since they impart objective and social relevance to the theory taught in class and these views were also sufficiently complemented by the activities in the pack. The pack was described as a useful tool to help teachers plan site visits in …
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Entrepreneuring as performance: understanding entrepreneurship as a process of becoming.
… in life. Through musical development, attitudes, non-formal learning, tacit knowledge and practice were linked to entrepreneuring - that is, activities that could be named in entrepreneurial terms. It was not merely a case of music being entrepreneurship, but rather an unfolding of entrepreneurial …
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The characteristics of beginning students in the ministerial training programs of the Wesleyan Church
… for developing greater cooperation between the formal academic programs offered at the church's colleges and seminaries, and the non-formal learning opportunities which should occur through all levels of church organization.
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Factors Affecting Recogntion of Expriential Learning in Nepal
… recognition of individuals' prior experiential learning might be instrumental to widen the access to higher education. The perceptions, experiences, and opinions to recognition of prior experiential learning of stakeholders of the education system in Nepal have been the basis to understand the …
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Learning to become a subject: A hermeneutic phenomenological study of students in a Waldorf (Steiner) school in Germany
Learning to become a subject: A hermeneutic phenomenological study of students in a Waldorf (Steiner) school in Germany The centrals aim of Steiner pedagogy include enabling young people to develop as persons, to become socially responsible subjects capable of contributing constructively to society …
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Finding the horseshoe nail: Colonization, de-colonoization and counter-colonization in Adult and Community Education.
… As a traditionally process-oriented, non-formal learning experience, influenced by the ideas of Paolo Freire, and concerned with concepts such as social justice and combating marginalization, community education has increasingly been influenced by the values of the market place. These …
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The lived experience of laterlife computer learners
… experience of laterlife computer learners in non-formal learning environments. The research focused on the interpretation and understanding of the learning experience from the perspective of participants. Hence there is an ontological thread that is grounded in the lifeworld of older adults in …
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Lifelong learning in the arts : policy and practice in Ireland
… examine the conditions impinging on lifelong learning systems to foster participation in the political, social economic and cultural life of society. The research will monitor the manner in which policy and systems of lifelong learning become more cognisant of and responsive to the needs and …
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Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) Knowledge Claims: How can different types of knowledge be identified, documented and assessed in RPL applications of RPL credits. Comparison of two case studies at a South African vocational/professional higher educational institution (V/PHEI)
… for credits requires the applicant to present informal and non-formal learning from the workplace in a manner that is recognisable within a higher education context. This qualitative study employed a case study methodology to highlight the uniqueness of two RPL applications: Human Resources …
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Using Mobile Phones to Enhance Small Group Dialogic Learning: A Design Based Approach to Educational Innovation in Rural East Africa
This thesis addresses the misalignment of learning with mobiles approaches as they are applied to rural communities of adult learners in East Africa. Most models of learning with mobiles do not work well for rural adult learners: they predominantly focus on the capabilities of the technology and …
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Estratégias de intervenção para a gestão sustentável de resíduos de comunidades em situação de vulnerabilidade e risco social: o caso da ocupação Rosa Leão em Belo Horizonte
… apresentam problemas quanto à distribuição formal de energia elétrica, água e de um sistema de esgoto que atenda à comunidade, causando impacto ambiental quando córregos e nascentes estão presentes no bioma ocupado. Este estudo exploratório se utilizou da investigaçãoação com o objetivo de …