Title: Recognising Non-Formal and Informal Learning: An Open Challenge.
Abstract:The social-institutional endorsement towards the perspective of recognising and enhancing learning acquired outside the formal education and training contexts (non-formal and informal learning), has b...The social-institutional endorsement towards the perspective of recognising and enhancing learning acquired outside the formal education and training contexts (non-formal and informal learning), has been gaining strength and has entered policy agendas throughout Europe, but also in other major non-European countries. Nevertheless there are still several open issues on this topic both at an institutional and technical level. This paper does not intend to give answers or propose a theory. Instead, it will attempt to formulate some reflections and open work pathways on some basic aspects. WHAT IS - or isn’t - non-formal/informal learning? FOR WHOM and with which tools are European countries dealing with the issue of the relationships between formal and nonformal/ informal learning? HOW, in operational practice, is the enhancement of non-formal/informal learning dealt with?Read More
Publication Year: 2015
Publication Date: 2015-10-20
Language: en
Type: article
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