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ERIC Number: EJ669128
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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A Case for the Underestimated, Informal Side of Lifelong Learning.
Harrison, Lesley
Australian Journal of Adult Learning, v43 n1 p23-42 Apr 2003
Residents of a rural Australian community identified people considered informal teachers. Informal learning was characterized as arising through natural social interactions and involving interpersonal relationships and information exchange. Informal teachers were discovered through heterophilous contacts and had experience and expertise. (Contains 47 references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Foreign Countries, Informal Education, Interpersonal Relationship, Lifelong Learning, Rural Areas, Teacher Student Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Australia (Tasmania); Expertise