Informal Learning - Characterizations

Characterizations

Informal learning can be characterized as follows:

• It usually takes place outside educational establishments;
• It does not follow a specified curriculum and is not often professionally organized but rather originates accidentally, sporadically, in association with certain occasions, from changing practical requirements;
• It is not necessarily planned pedagogically conscious, systematically according to subjects, test and qualification-oriented, but rather unconsciously incidental, holistically problem-related, and related to situation management and fitness for life;
• It is experienced directly in its "natural" function of everyday life.
• It is often spontaneous.