Informal learning: A contested concept

International Encyclopedia of Education

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 42-46

  Hodkinson, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Everyday learning; Formal learning; Informal learning; Nonformal education; Nonformal learning; Politics; Research; Situated learning; Values of learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884454932     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-044894-7.00007-5     Document Type: Chapter

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