Informal learning: A discussion around defning and researching its breadth and importance

Australian Journal of Adult Learning

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-56

  Golding, Barry ^a   Brown, Mike ^a   Foley, Annette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

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