Growing Brilliant Minds

  Steiner Schools have to be the most contested formal schools.  What do we know? What do we know? What do we know? What do we know? What do we know? 

What is Unintended Learning? Humans are instinctual learners. Learning occurs naturally within everyday life. It is, therefore, unsurprising, that informal learning is often taken for granted or that instances of this type of learning remain unidentified as learning (Eraut, 2004). In attempts to define informal learning, academics have turned to comparing informal learning with formal learning. We often see theorists place types of learning on continuum scales which may lead to assumptions of superiority of formal learner whether this was intended or not. A common implication of this, is the failure to identify the qualities of informal learning (Schugurensky, 2015 as cited in Bourke et al., 2018). Children as Sponges Although there is no one who is exempt from informal learning, it is evident that children experience these interactions at a greater rate across a variety of settings and social contexts. The day-to-day experiences children have form a strong platform for learning ...