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Looking Back and Looking Forward

Looking Back and Looking Forward

Patricia Cranton, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Olutoyin Mejiuni
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 21
ISBN13: 9781466682658|ISBN10: 1466682655|EISBN13: 9781466682665
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8265-8.ch018
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Cranton, Patricia, et al. "Looking Back and Looking Forward." Measuring and Analyzing Informal Learning in the Digital Age, edited by Olutoyin Mejiuni, et al., IGI Global, 2015, pp. 274-294. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8265-8.ch018

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Cranton, P., Táíwò, O., & Mejiuni, O. (2015). Looking Back and Looking Forward. In O. Mejiuni, P. Cranton, & O. Táíwò (Eds.), Measuring and Analyzing Informal Learning in the Digital Age (pp. 274-294). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8265-8.ch018

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Cranton, Patricia, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, and Olutoyin Mejiuni. "Looking Back and Looking Forward." In Measuring and Analyzing Informal Learning in the Digital Age, edited by Olutoyin Mejiuni, Patricia Cranton, and Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, 274-294. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2015. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8265-8.ch018

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Abstract

This chapter reviews the common themes that run through the volume. The authors review the relationship between informal learning and adult and higher education and how the research and writing on informal learning contributes to adult and higher education. They pay attention to how informal learning plays a role in independent learning projects, self-directed leaning, and transformative learning. The common themes that run through this chapter include learning experiences, contexts of learning, processes and strategies, outcomes of informal learning, and to a lesser extent, critical perspectives and cultural issues. The authors describe how the chapters contribute to each of these themes. They also speculate on the future directions of research, theory development, and practical applications related to informal learning.

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