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Introduction to the Special Issue: An Update on Informal and Incidental Learning Theory
Author(s) -
Marsick Victoria J.,
Watkins Karen E.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
new directions for adult and continuing education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0717
pISSN - 1052-2891
DOI - 10.1002/ace.20284
Subject(s) - informal learning , adult learning , constructivist teaching methods , incidental learning , adult education , learning theory , informal education , pedagogy , constructivist grounded theory , constructivism (international relations) , education theory , psychology , sociology , teaching method , higher education , cognitive psychology , qualitative research , social science , grounded theory , political science , international relations , politics , law
This chapter introduces a constructivist model of informal and incidental learning developed in the 1990s, and various perspectives that authors subsequently use to reexamine and trouble how adult educators conceptualize and practice informal and incidental learning in today's environment.