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García-Guerrero, Miguel; Lewenstein, Bruce V. – International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 2023
Science Recreation Workshops (SRW) are engaging activities intended to create scientific experiences for participants, who play with natural phenomena while they explore, discover, discuss, and learn about them. They take people into a first-hand scientific adventure. SRW's do not demand a lot of resources to develop, that is why SRW's groups can…
Descriptors: Science Education, Workshops, Communication (Thought Transfer), Informal Education
Childers, Gina M.; Governor, Donna; Greer, Kania; James, Vaughan – Electronic Journal for Research in Science & Mathematics Education, 2023
Science fiction conventions are places where individuals with an interest in diverse genres and mediums can engage with a community that bridges the world of science fiction and fact. Many of these conventions provide a science "track" where science experts share their expertise and research on scientific findings and applications of…
Descriptors: Science Fiction, Conferences (Gatherings), Science Interests, STEM Careers
Cheung, Anisa – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2023
Purpose: Language learning is often conceptualized as a cognitive, psycholinguistic or pedagogical process confined to formal classroom contexts. Scant attention is paid to the autonomy of young learners in out-of-class situations. Methodology: Using an emic approach, this study attempts to fill the research gap by analyzing the visual and verbal…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Grade 8, Personal Autonomy, Informal Education
Li, Mixue; Holstein, Jeannie; Wedekind, Volker – International Journal of Training and Development, 2023
In this paper, we address the debate on local skills ecosystems and informal learning. We use the social ecosystem model as a tool to help us analyse the role played by various actors in learning and skills ecosystems and highlight the role of informal learning in vocational education and training. We draw on the case of craft pottery to discuss…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Informal Education, Ecology, Skill Development
Emine Karaduman; Rukiye Bektas; Ozlem Unluhisarcikli – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2023
Informal learning activities and workplace learning constitute a substantial part of a PhD student's knowledge as an adult. It is essential to define the concept of workplace learning and the roles and responsibilities of doctoral students clearly and transparently while explaining how doctoral courses and workplace experience correspond to each…
Descriptors: Doctoral Students, Workplace Learning, Informal Education, Universities
Ruijia Cheng – ProQuest LLC, 2023
As data becomes an integral part of our lives, the general public faces the increasing need to actively engage with data to participate in daily activities, support personal goals, and understand social issues. Formal data science training, however, remains out of reach for most people and does not cater to their diverse needs related to data.…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Informal Education, Data Science, Computer Mediated Communication
Hatice Mertoglu; Zübeyde Burçin Gürbey Usta – Online Submission, 2023
In recent years, out-of-school learning has become more and more important, thus creating new learning environments for students. Out-of-school learning enables students to discover new information both by having fun and by experiencing. The purpose of this research study was to investigate the perceptions of secondary school students about…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes, Freehand Drawing, Art Expression
Stuart Tannock – Environmental Education Research, 2023
This article argues for the importance of labor education in fighting the climate crisis, a vital form of education too often overlooked in the climate movement. Drawing on a case study of unionized culture workers in the United Kingdom, the article seeks to show the distinctive embedded nature of labor education. Success of labor education on the…
Descriptors: Labor Education, Climate, Unions, Informal Education
Meisels, Hannah B.; Browne, Rebecca K.; Noam, Gil G. – International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 2023
This study explored STEM program quality prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic, including differences based on learning setting. Program quality data was drawn from a national database consisting of 1259 program quality observations conducted between 2013 and 2021. Using the Dimensions of Success (DoS), an observation tool focused on informal…
Descriptors: Informal Education, STEM Education, COVID-19, Pandemics
Haozhe Jiang; Ritesh Chugh; Darren Turnbull; Xiaoqin Wang; Suting Chen – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2025
Despite the burgeoning adoption of informal learning in people's daily lives, the actual effects of informal learning activities, especially technology-related informal learning activities, are much less reported than those of formal learning. Furthermore, there is a notable lack of research on the effects of technology-related informal…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Informal Education, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Activities
Rosie Goodman; Jon Ord – Educational Review, 2025
This UK-based study examines how people learned to identify digital misinformation. This included what experiences enabled this development, and the skills that were acquired in the process. This is a small-scale qualitative study of participants who self-reported as being confident in spotting digital misinformation and the data was analysed…
Descriptors: Misinformation, News Media, Media Literacy, Foreign Countries
Daimon, Takayuki – International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 2022
The perspective of mobile learning research has transitioned from using mobile technology for education to learning as a human and non-human practice surrounding mobility. This study exemplifies tourism in an increasingly mobile society as a mobile learning practice. Specifically, the learning of children during family travels and the mutual…
Descriptors: Tourism, Travel, Mobility, Children
Han, Seung Hyun; Oh, Eunjung; Kang, Sung Pil; Lee, Sumi; Park, Shin Hee – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2022
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the link between informal learning and employees' in-role performance and whether the mechanism through informal learning mediates the relationships between self-efficacy, job characteristics, trust and in-role performance. Design/methodology/approach: Based on data (n = 294) obtained from the…
Descriptors: Job Performance, Informal Education, Employees, Role
Murphy, Victoria L.; Littlejohn, Allison; Rienties, Bart – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2022
Purpose: Learning from incidents (LFI) is an organisational process that high-risk industries use following an accident or near-miss to prevent similar events. Literature on the topic has presented a fragmented conceptualisation of learning in this context. This paper aims to present a holistic taxonomy of the different aspects of LFI from the…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Informal Education, Organizational Learning, Safety
Fahrenbach, Florian; Luomi-Messerer, Karin – European Journal of Training and Development, 2022
Purpose: This paper aims to draw on a socio-technical perspective to explore how information and communication technology (ICT) supports the validation of non-formal and informal learning (VNFIL) in specific practices and arrangements. Design/methodology/approach: The authors use qualitative content analysis to analyse 43 country reports of the…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Nonformal Education, Informal Education, Foreign Countries