Introduction / Mary Wolfe and Linda Deer Richardson -- pt. I. Exploring education -- Introduction / Linda Deer Richardson. 1. On being an educator / Michele Erina Doyle. 2. What is informal education? / John Mahoney. 3. First lessons: historical perspectives on informal education / Tony Jeffs -- pt. II. Working with -- Introduction / Linda Deer Richardson. 4. Working with people as an informal educator / Mary Crosby. 5. Professional values in informal education work / Sarah Banks. 6. Developing professional practice / Mary Tyler. 7. Learning from experience / Huw Blacker. 8. Relationships and learning / Graeme Tiffany. 9. Working with networks and organisations in the community / Alison Gilchrist -- pt. III. Elements of practice -- Introduction / Linda Deer Richardson. 10. Conversation / Mary Wolfe. 11. Place, space and informal education / Mark K. Smith. 12. Programme planning / Pauline Riley. 13. Activities / Jean Spence. 14. One-to-one casework / Alan Smith. 15. Doing projects: working with formal groups / Malcolm Payne -- pt. IV. Developing professional practice -- Introduction / Linda Deer Richardson. 16. Managing work / Ted Milburn. 17. 'We become experts': working with basic education students as researchers / Alison Tomlin. 18. Using line management / Annmarie Turnbull. 19. Using supervision for professional development / Janet Woods. 20. Evaluation in informal education / Alan France.
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This book argues that people learn from each other, in social exchanges which rarely involve a professional educator; so any community can be a setting for learning. By focusing on the different ways of working with people, this book builds on the essentially human abilities to query, adapt, rethink, understand or be confused. Its focus is informal educators, who work with individuals and groups in the community to promote their learning, and work in ordinary places rather than formal classrooms.