The basis for our work lies in our ability to build, and hold onto, moral authority. By this we mean that as informal educators we need a clear set of values that are respected by others - and, crucially, that we practice what we preach.
Informal education is a moral craft.
Because we are concerned with fostering learning in life as it is lived, we often have to make difficult choices. The people we are, and the values we hold, are fundamental to how we deal with these. The complex personal and social choices others, and we, make are not external to our work but sit at the very heart of it. The basis for our work lies in our ability to build, and hold onto, moral authority . By this we mean that as informal educators we need a clear set of values that are respected by others - and, crucially, that we practice what we preach.