Learning at Not-School Free

Author: Julian Sefton-Green
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Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0262518244

Learning at Not-School: A Review of Study, Theory, and Advocacy for Education in Non-Formal Settings (The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Reports on Digital Media and Learning)

Schools do not define education, and they are not the only institutions in which learning takes place. Download Learning at Not-School: A Review of Study, Theory, and Advocacy for Education in Non-Formal Settings (The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Reports on Digital Media and Learning) from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. After-school programs, music lessons, Scouts, summer camps, on-the-job training, and home activities all offer out-of-school educational experiences. In Learning at Not-School, Julian Sefton-Green explores studies and scholarly research on out-of-school learning, investigating just what it is that is distinctive about the quality of learning in these "not-school" settings. Sefton-Green focuses on those organizations and institutions that have developed parallel to public schooling and have emerged as complements, supplements, or attempts to remediate the alleged failures of schools. He reviews salient principles, landmark studies, an Search and find a lot of education books in many category availabe for free download.