Patterns of Informal Incidental Learning: Insights from Community Action.

Rossing, Boyd E.

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Publication Date: 1991

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Patterns of Informal Incidental Learning: Insights from Community Action.

Rossing, Boyd E.

International Journal of Lifelong Education, v10 n1 p45-60 Jan-Mar 1991

Interviews with 36 members of 4 rural community betterment groups found that citizens typically learn through direct experience, vicarious experience, and guided experience. They also change their feelings and ways of thinking about groups and develop new awareness of themselves and others. (Author/SK)

Descriptors: Adult Education, Attitude Change, Citizen Participation, Community Action, Incidental Learning, Informal Education, Observation, Rural Areas

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Language: English

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