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infed.org -- a resource for informal education
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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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Latest Activity: Apr 9
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Communities of Practice
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 and educating the whole person 20 Replies
"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.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau on nature, wholeness and education 8 Replies
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.
reflecting on (reflecting on (reflecting on...)) reciprocating with engaging in (engaging in (engaging in...))
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.
Revealing comparison of the assumptions of pedagogy and andragogy 4 Replies
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.
InfEd.org's introduction to Parker J. Palmer
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.
Participatory Education for Democracy 6 Replies
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.
Infed's brief, but resourceful, introduction to "holistic education" 2 Replies
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 preview of thinkers featured at infed.org 9 Replies
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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Comment by Ian Carmichael on September 10, 2008 at 4:29am -
Just a comment to reaffirm the importance of infed.org - my research trail took me here for Howard Gardner - a very succinct review, with a clear-eyed view of the benefits and dubiousnesses of MI.
Quality work - and then I got reading on Ruskin (which reminds me of Collingwood and my tour through the Lakes district...)
If you hacven't dipped into infed - pretty classy for something informal! - be rewarded and do it!
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