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Informal And Informal Learning

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Nowadays the use of informal learning has gradually increase in adult education for some reason. Individual experience flexibility and freedom by learning through informal learning. According to Eraut,(2004) it also can be considered as advantage to learn from experience, which is usually constructed more in terms of personal than interpersonal. Proponents of informal state that over 70% of learning in life and work is through informal learning. Learners are gained more in informal setting rather than in formal classrooms. Besides that, education philosopher Dewey (1938) state that individual’s experiences, lifelong learning and the role of reflection thought in education is where learning is takes place in his theory formulation about informal …show more content…

Informal is largely invisible , because much of it is either taken for granted or recognized as learning, thus most of respondents lack awareness of their own learning. They failed to consider that as a learning process. Furthermore, some of informants or respondents often find it difficult to describe more complex aspects of their work and the nature of their expertise .According to Eraut, (2013) point of view informal learning that come to the informal end of the continuum of formality include implicit, unintended, opportunistic and unstructured learning and the absence of a teacher. Basically an individual understanding on knowledge or skills which is not involved in any curricula education setting or any form of training and workshop can consider as informal learning. In my opinion, informal learning occurs when two parties having little conversation during their lunch hour, watching television or other audio visual items such as video and audio recording or songs. Moreover, it is also occur through social media. Social involvement within the community is the way to learn informally. (Wenger,

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