Informal education

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Informal education is a general term for education outside of a standard school setting. It can refer to various forms of alternative education, such as:

• Unschooling or Homeschooling
• Autodidacticism (Self-teaching)
• Youth Work

The mass media and museums, libraries, zoos, and other community-based organizations and cultural institutions also offer forms of informal education.

[edit] External links

• Formal vs. Informal Education, WGBH.
• Informal Education, The National Academy of Sciences.
• Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings, National Science Foundation.

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Informal educators work in many different kinds of settings with individuals and groups who choose to engage with them YMCA George Williams College hanbook (1998:4)