Question 5 by Orietta https://padlet.com/o_simons/670d1ke07t3s What are the similarities and what are the differences between informal education and formal education. Provide contrasting examples to illustrate how in different contexts youth workers use of either an informal education approach or formal education. en-us 2017-11-02 15:49:55 UTC 2017-11-15 15:39:07 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Ninja.png Question o_simons https://padlet.com/o_simons/670d1ke07t3s/wish/202976917 What are the similarities and what are the differences between informal education and formal education.
Provide contrasting examples to illustrate how in different contexts youth workers use of either an informal education approach or formal education. 
]]> 2017-11-02 15:52:07 UTC https://padlet.com/o_simons/670d1ke07t3s/wish/202976917 mmwilli0 https://padlet.com/o_simons/670d1ke07t3s/wish/203194638 Both informal and formal education seek to educate, informal education relies on conversation but both relies on the educator being facilitators and teachers, each will attend to process and have a range of outcomes in mind. ]]> 2017-11-03 07:59:10 UTC https://padlet.com/o_simons/670d1ke07t3s/wish/203194638 rewell https://padlet.com/o_simons/670d1ke07t3s/wish/203195574 formal education is a learning based on a structured curriculum eg. school. informal education is learning based around life experience and social interactions. ]]> 2017-11-03 08:06:06 UTC https://padlet.com/o_simons/670d1ke07t3s/wish/203195574 lavu https://padlet.com/o_simons/670d1ke07t3s/wish/203197438 Youth workers in a informal setting can provide counselling via casual conversations, coffee/lunch, more conversational based. Whereas formal approach would require the youth worker and youth to be in a more structured settings i.e inside an actual office, notes would have taken ect. ]]> 2017-11-03 08:18:19 UTC https://padlet.com/o_simons/670d1ke07t3s/wish/203197438 jcernott https://padlet.com/o_simons/670d1ke07t3s/wish/203199704 According to the text, the key strategies of Youth Workers use to promote informal learning are:
- joining in with activities
- everyday settings where people choose to be (opposed to school - formal education)
- engages in conversation
- seeks to foster learning 

(Jeffs & Smith, p. 14).]]> 2017-11-03 08:33:04 UTC https://padlet.com/o_simons/670d1ke07t3s/wish/203199704 rvrpdf https://padlet.com/o_simons/670d1ke07t3s/wish/203506163 Informal education is about enhancing the person's skills and life experiences or personal development to achieve well-being in a social context. Formal education is more about learning academic skills to achieve professional development.]]> 2017-11-04 06:43:09 UTC https://padlet.com/o_simons/670d1ke07t3s/wish/203506163 Informal and formal education are different as formal education has a focus that is not primarily focused on the young person. Informal education is based on relational situations. Formal education can be for instance a teacher who is goals concerned with the curriculum. Informal may be coping with a death in the family. anno4 https://padlet.com/o_simons/670d1ke07t3s/wish/205132459 2017-11-09 04:44:15 UTC https://padlet.com/o_simons/670d1ke07t3s/wish/205132459