Informal Education, Childhood and Youth [electronic resource] : Geographies, Histories, Practices /
Kraftl, Peter.author.
Mills, S.editor.
This collection of original chapters brings together cutting-edge research on informal education - that is, learning practices that emphasise dialogue and learning through everyday life. For the first time, it highlights the way in which geography matters to informal education practices. Through a range of examples from the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and from a range of geographical contexts, the authors explore the relationship between history, geography and practice in the field of informal education. Case studies include youth work, Scouting, Guiding, Care Farms, youth music programmes and the use of online/information technologies. This book will be of interest to geographers and sociologists of education, childhood and youth scholars. It also provides an engaging resource and collection of case studies for educators, youth workers and other professionals who work with young people.
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction: Geographies, Histories and Practices of Informal Education; Part I Nature Spaces; 2 Inside-out: Connecting Indoor and Outdoor Spaces of Informal Education through the Extraordinary Geographies of The Boys' Brigade Camp; 3 'Like a Scout Does . . . Like a Guide Does . . . ': The Scout or Guide Camp's Lessons of Identity; 4 'Alternative' Education Spaces and Local Community Connections: A Case Study of Care Farming in the United Kingdom
5 'A Powerful Educational Instrument': The Woodcraft Folk and Indoor/Outdoor 'Nature', 1925-75Part II Negotiating In/formal Education Spaces; 6 People, Places and Spaces: Education in Robert Owen's New Society; 7 The Tarpaulin and the Tablecloth: Cover and Non-Traditional Education in Traditional Spaces of Schooling; 8 Limiting Spaces of Informal Learning among Street Children in Perú; 9 Learning How to Behave in School: A Study of the Experiences of Children and Young People with Socio-emotional Differences
10 Education, Technology and the Disruptive Innovations Challenging the Formal/Informal Education DividePart III Youth Work Spaces; 11 Rehearsal Spaces as Children's Spaces? Considering the Place of Non-formal Music Education; 12 Managing the Spaces of Freedom: Mid-twentieth-Century Youth Work; 13 Feminism and Informal Education in Youth Work with Girls and Young Women, 1975-85; 14 After School: The Disruptive Work of Informal Education; Part IV Youth-Led Spaces; 15 Catalysing Cultural Change: Youth-led Cultural Development as Informal Education
16 Learning in/through Public Space: Young Girls and Feminist Consciousness-raising17 Leading the Way: Youth-Led Non-formal Learning in the Girl Scouts; 18 iLearn: Engaging (In)Formal Learning in Young People's Mediated Environments; Part V Conclusion; 19 Concluding Reflections; Index
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
This collection of original chapters brings together cutting-edge research on informal education - that is, learning practices that emphasise dialogue and learning through everyday life. For the first time, it highlights the way in which geography matters to informal education practices. Through a range of examples from the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and from a range of geographical contexts, the authors explore the relationship between history, geography and practice in the field of informal education. Case studies include youth work, Scouting, Guiding, Care Farms, youth music programmes and the use of online/information technologies. This book will be of interest to geographers and sociologists of education, childhood and youth scholars. It also provides an engaging resource and collection of case studies for educators, youth workers and other professionals who work with young people.
Education-History.
Human Geography.
Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.
Learning & Instruction.
History of Education.
Sociology of Education.
Sociology of Education.
Human Geography.