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The Education of Informal Educators

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Department of Sociology, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, UK
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The Encyclopedia of Pedagogy and Informal Education [infed.org]; Orkney KW17 2SW, UK
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Educ. Sci. 2021, 11(9), 488; https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci11090488
Submission received: 15 June 2021 / Revised: 13 August 2021 / Accepted: 18 August 2021 / Published: 1 September 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Educating Informal Educators)

Abstract

No undergraduate or postgraduate programmes currently exist for the professional education of informal educators. The authors outline the development of previous programmes and consider the emergence of informal education as a discrete concept. The article then highlights some key failings in the professional education of informal educators and outlines some changes in the orientation and content of programmes.
Keywords: informal education; professional education; pedagogy; group work; social pedagogy; YMCA informal education; professional education; pedagogy; group work; social pedagogy; YMCA

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Jeffs, T.; Smith, M.K. The Education of Informal Educators. Educ. Sci. 2021, 11, 488. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci11090488

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Jeffs T, Smith MK. The Education of Informal Educators. Education Sciences. 2021; 11(9):488. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci11090488

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Jeffs, Tony, and Mark K. Smith. 2021. "The Education of Informal Educators" Education Sciences 11, no. 9: 488. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci11090488

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Jeffs, T., & Smith, M. K. (2021). The Education of Informal Educators. Education Sciences, 11(9), 488. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci11090488

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