Informal education

Informal education

Informal education is a general term for education outside of a standard school setting. It can refer to various forms of alternative education, such as:
* Unschooling or Homeschooling
* Autodidacticism (Self-teaching)
* Youth Work

The mass media and museums, libraries, zoos, and other community-based organizations and cultural institutions also offer forms of informal education.

External links

* [http://enhancinged.wgbh.org/started/what/formal.html Formal vs. Informal Education] , WGBH.
* [http://www.nae.edu/nae/techlithome.nsf/weblinks/KGRG-569PV7?OpenDocument Informal Education] , The National Academy of Sciences.
* [http://www.nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?div=DRL Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings] , National Science Foundation.


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