What is Informal Learning?
Even though the characterization of “informal learning in mathematics education,” as well as its goals, is still problematic, the thematic has a clear place within contemporary approaches to education. Many of the questions examined by professional practitioners and researchers in education lead to considerations about mathematical learning outside of institutions. In any case, this area of studies cannot be addressed by a single theory, a single disciplinary field, or even a single research topic. It must be studied from the perspective of multiple theories, research methods, and data analysis. We hold that psychology, anthropology, and educational sciences have all played a most important role in the history of ideas about informal learning in mathematics education and in the area’s research initiatives.
In keeping with Greenfield and Lave’s (1982) conception of “Informal learning styles,” we consider “informal learning” to be knowledge and capabilities...
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Acioly-Regnier, N. (2020). Informal Learning in Mathematics Education. In: Lerman, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Mathematics Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15789-0_164
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