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infed.org offers a place to explore the theory and practice of informal education and social action learning. Perhaps we can make use of its resources to develop ways of working and being that foster our association, conversation and relationship.
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In this InfEd article the theory and practice of "communities of practice" is outlined, What follows are paragraphs excerpted…Continue
Tags: learning_theory, learning_practice, InfEd, Etienne_Wenger, CoPs
Started by Skip Zilla Sep 10, 2010.
"bell hooks concern with the interlacing dynamics of 'race', gender, culture and class and her overall orientation to the whole person and to their well-being when connected with her ability to…Continue
Tags: hooks, practice, personal, whole+person, liberty
Started by Skip Zilla. Last reply by Laura Gibbs Sep 3, 2010.
InfEd feature article on Jean-Jacques Rousseau considers how "drawing from a broad spectrum of traditions including botany,…Continue
Tags: political_theory, romanticism, novel, education, wholeness
Started by Skip Zilla. Last reply by Skip Zilla Aug 30, 2009.
Although this InfEd article on reflection was last updated nine years ago, it remains useful in its concise assessment of the ideas of some of…Continue
Tags: efficacy, engagement, experience, reflection, learning
Started by Skip Zilla Aug 3, 2008.
While exploring curiously InfEd's wider introduction to neuro-linguistic programming, learning and education, I stumbled onto its link…Continue
Tags: rethinking, reinterpretation, age, learners, assumptions
Started by Skip Zilla. Last reply by Skip Zilla Jul 27, 2008.
This is how InfEd.org introduces Parker J. Palmer as one of its featured thinkers:"Parker J. Palmer's explorations of education as a spiritual…Continue
Tags: infed.org, thinker, parker+j+palmer
Started by Skip Zilla Feb 26, 2008.
Editor Mark K. Smith introduces InfEd's discussion of "participatory education" in his 2001 article titled Education for Democracy. Smith focuses…Continue
Tags: democratic, politics, classrooms, participatory, schools
Started by Skip Zilla. Last reply by Connie Weber Feb 2, 2008.
This link, a brief introduction to holistic education, opens up a resourceful page of information at infed.org written by Ron Miller,…Continue
Tags: holistic, education, infed, philosophy, introduction
Started by Skip Zilla. Last reply by Skip Zilla Jan 15, 2008.
A section of the Infed.org Website presents a directory list of thinkers who are "central to the development of the theory and practice of…Continue
Tags: thinkers, practice, infed.org, theory, informal+learning
Started by Skip Zilla. Last reply by Ian Carmichael Jan 11, 2008.
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