The Education of 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