This issue focuses on broadly defined ideas about informal learning. The large spectrum of contributions reveals interesting, varied and nuanced understandings about its benefits.
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Table of Contents
- 7 • Statement of Purpose
- 8 • Review Board
- 9 • Editorial
Lynn Butler-Kisber - 17 • Enthusiasts for Learning: Leaders in Creativity
Shirley Brice Heath - 27 • Cultivating the Possible
Jerome Bruner
- 35 • Creating Hybrid After-School Enrichment Activities
Michael Cole, Robert Lecusay, and & Ivan Rosero - 45 • Fostering a New Approach to Understanding: Learning Through Intent Community Participation
Barbara Rogoff
- 55 • Informal Science Contexts: Implications for Formal Science Learning
Anila Asghar
- 73 • A Space to Learn
CJ Dalton - 83 • The Early Bird Gets the Worm: How Early Morning Exercise Creates Inspired Learners and Educators
Heather DeLaurentis & David Howes
- 91 • Passion by Design: Meditations on an Innovative Model
Eli Gerber - 99 • Museum Art in Everyday Life
Corrine E. Glesne
- 117 • Of Necessity: Making Decisions About Our Daughter's Early Learning Years
John J. Guiney Yallop
- 127 • The Influence of Nature on Learning: The Case of Fosen Folk School in Norway
Ronald Hansen
- 145 • Digital Media Meets Informal Learning: Opportunities for Generating New Participatory Roles
Kathryn Hayes, Angela Booker, Beth Rose Middleton, & jesikah maria ross
- 163 • Aspects of Museum Education in School
Susan Humphries & Susan Rowe
- 181 • Lessons From the Field: Creating Sustainable Engagement in Organizational Learning
Ellyn Lyle
- 197 • Shared Stories of Successful Graduates of Juvenile Residential Programs
Barret Mincey, Nancy Maldonado, & Candace Lacey - 219 • Narrative Inquiry Into Two Worlds of Curriculum Making
M. Shaun Murphy, Janice Huber, & D. Jean Clandinin - 237 • Informal Learning and Volunteering: The Case of an Unemployed Certified Teacher in Ontario
Jennifer Pearce & Katina Pollock
- 251 • Holistic Education: A Pioneer Narrative
Jane P. Preston - 269 • Volunteerism as an Agent of Transformation
Irving Lee Rother
- 281 • How Disorienting Experiences in Informal Learning Contexts Promote Cross-Cultural Awareness in Preservice Teachers: Findings From a Study Abroad Program
Suniti Sharma, Kadriye El-Atwani, Jubin Rahatzad, Jason Ware, JoAnn Phillion, & Erik Malewski
- 295 • A Working Model of Mentors' Contributions to Youth Mentoring Relationship Quality: Insights From Research on Psychotherapy
Renée Spencer
- 313 • The Sense Project: An Innovative Model for Sexualities Education Partnerships Between Community-Based Educators and Schools
Lisa M. Trimble, Christina Foisy, Nikki MacMillan, Jos Porter, Channing Rodman, & Marlo Turner Ritchie
- 331 • Using Museums: A Guide's Guide
Tyler Wood
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