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The formality of learning science in everyday life: A conceptual literature review

open access: yesNordina: Nordic Studies in Science Education, 2012
The terms non-formal and informal are attributed to learning in everyday life by many authors, often linked to their interests in particular learning practices.
Niels Bonderup Dohn
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Non-Formal and Informal Learning: International Recognition Practices

open access: yesВопросы образования, 2020
This article explores how non-formal and informal learning evolved in the light of the global processes of digitization and technology modernization. A crosscountry analysis of participation in non-formal and informal learning activities is carried out ...
Marina Kicherova   +2 more
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Young children's perspectives of time: New directions for co‐constructing understandings of quality in ECEC

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Children's relationship with time in preschools is an under‐researched area. Young children rarely know how to measure time using a clock, but their experiences of time may contribute to understanding children's well‐being and debates about quality in preschools.
Kristín Dýrfjörð   +3 more
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The Relationship Between University Dormitory Environmental Factors and Students’ Informal Learning Experiences: A Case Study of Three Universities in Guangdong Province

open access: yesBuildings
In recent decades, university dormitories have gradually evolved from traditional residential spaces into educationally meaningful venues that support informal learning.
Weizhen He, Ni Zeng
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Migrants’ Informal Learning and Education in Transnational Family Space: 'The Experiences of People Migrating between Estonia and Finland'

open access: yesNordic Journal of Migration Research, 2018
This study investigates informal learning processes and informal education in the transnational family space. Informal learning is examined through the theoretical lenses of situated learning that draws attention to how people learn through engaging ...
Pauliina Alenius
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Information, certainty, and learning

open access: yeseLife
Abstract More than four decades ago, Gibbon and Balsam (1981) showed that the acquisition of Pavlovian conditioning in pigeons is directly related to the informativeness of the conditioning stimulus (CS) about the unconditioned stimulus (US), where informativeness is defined as the ratio of the US-US interval (C) to the CS-US interval ...
Justin A. Harris, C. R. Gallistel
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Learning to use information: Informed learning in the undergraduate classroom [PDF]

open access: yesLibrary & Information Science Research, 2013
“Informed learning” is a pedagogy that focuses on learning subject content through engaging with academic or professional information practices. Adopting the position that more powerful learning is achieved where students are taught how to use information and subject content simultaneously, the research reported here investigated an informed learning ...
Maybee, Clarence   +3 more
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Intelligent Tutoring Systems for Adult Learning in STEM Disciplines

open access: yesNew Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Intelligent tutoring systems (ITS) are reshaping adult learning in STEM by providing adaptive, data‐driven instruction across classrooms, workplaces, and informal environments. In the context of ITS, this article compares generative AI, which creates personalized explanations and practice materials, with explainable AI, which focuses on ...
Jill Zarestky, Amanda R. Lager Gleason
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Conceptualising quality early childhood education: Learning from young children in Brazil and South Africa through creative and play‐based methods

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Early childhood has increasingly been acknowledged as a vital time for all children. Inclusive and quality education is part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, with the further specification that all children have access to quality pre‐primary education.
Laura H. V. Wright   +8 more
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TEACHER LEARNING WITHIN THE SCHOOL CONTEXT: AN ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE

open access: yesIndonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2012
: Central to teacher professional development is teacher learning, which is situated in a classroom, a school, or an informal social setting. Using an ecological framework which incorporates a wide range of influences at multiple levels, including ...
Le Van Canh, Nguyen Thi Thuy Minh
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