Non-Formal Education
Title
The Demystification of Non-formal Education: A Critique and Suggestions for a New Research Direction
Publication Date
1975
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to initiate an inquiry into a currently "fashionable" educational phenomenon presently referred to as "non-formal education." It is hoped that the paradigm resented will provide yet another interpretive perspective by which we can more fully understand the consequences of this educational phenomenon. It is a major contention of this paper that a more conceptually rigorous approach will enable us to understand better how non-formal education might contribute to or inhibit social change and development in societies undergoing rapid modernization.
Pages
41
Book Series Title
Issues in Nonformal Education
Issue
#2
Comments
Draft for discussion at the Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society March 26-29, 1975