Re: evaluating the informal

Kevin Leander (k-leand who-is-at students.uiuc.edu)
Sat, 16 Jan 1999 10:32:24 -0600

I've had an interest in "informal" learning for some time. Thanks to those
who have engaged in the topic and given references.

I'd be interested in discussing how we make distinctions between "informal"
and "formal" learning, drawing from sociocultural theory or other
perspectives. How do we move beyond the folk categories of formal and
informal? What is the category "informal" actually indexing with respect
to relations to institutions, participant agency, structure, etc.?

thanks,

Kevin