Enacting Informal Science Learning
Exploring the Battle for Informal Learning
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8404596 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alan Clapham (0000-0001-5066-134X, Nottingham Trent University, corresponding author), Andrew Clapham (0000-0002-8866-0892) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 485-501 |
| Publication date | 2016-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Educational Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-1005 • E-ISSN: 1467-8527 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00071005.2016.1179716 |
| OpenAlex | W2395348775 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 25 |
Informal Science Learning (ISL) is a policy narrative of interest in the United Kingdom and abroad. This paper explores how a group of English secondary school science teachers, enacted ISL science clubs through employing the Periodic Table of Videos. It examines how these teachers ‘battled’ to enact ISL policy in performative conditions at the micro-scale, and how this battle reflected macro-scale epistemological and political considerations. Data from the study suggests that for some, ISL was low stakes as it was seen to have negligible impact upon performance data. As a result, there was some resistance towards enacting ISL and conflict between the formal and informal curriculum processes. Nonetheless, analysis indicates that the informants highly valued ISL despite the requirement for them to justify it over more formal and ‘effective’ approaches to learning science
Art · Battle · Curriculum · Epistemology · Geography · Higher education · Informal education · Informal learning · Literature · Mathematics education · Narrative · Pedagogy · Performative utterance · Political science · Politics · Scale (ratio) · Sociology · Educational Environments and Student Outcomes · History · Innovative Education and Learning Practices · Law · Outdoor and Experiential Education · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0.2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |