Understanding Children's Informal Learning: Appreciating Everyday Learners

Understanding Childrens Informal Learning is essential for teaching and learning practice, as it focuses on the richness of children's everyday learning and how to bring it into the classroom. It also provides practical applications for teachers and other education professionals to ensure children's voices are heard and influence understandings of learning.

Format: Hardback
Length: 192 pages
Publication date: 19 February 2024
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited

Learning and personal development are essential aspects of being a person, and learning and teaching are fundamental to life as a social being. Understanding Children's Informal Learning delves into children's out-of-school learning experiences and examines how this knowledge can enhance teaching and learning practices in the classroom. The authors emphasize the richness of children's everyday learning and explore how children, teachers, and schools can collaborate to bring more of the inherent strengths of children's informal learning into the interactive framework of the classroom. The book offers practical applications for teachers and other education professionals, aiming to ensure that children's voices are heard and actively contribute to shaping understandings of learning. By legitimizing out-of-school learning as a critical component of in-school learning, Understanding Children's Informal Learning contributes to the advancement of comprehensive education research, policy, and practice.

Furthermore, the book addresses the need to incorporate a strong "student voice component" and strategies to support children's learning both in and out of school. By doing so, Understanding Children's Informal Learning fosters a more holistic approach to education that recognizes the diverse learning opportunities available to children beyond the traditional classroom setting.

Weight: 400g
Dimension: 159 x 237 x 16 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781801172752