Non-Formal and Community-Based Education

0.5 credits · Undergraduate

Explores educational approaches and processes commonly occurring in alternative spaces within mainstream schools, or outside of formal schooling. Topics include alternative practices within K-12 schooling, educational traditions in community-based milieus, and self-directed forms of non-formal education including new media. Concepts of teacher identity introduced in EDUC 1050H will be revisited. Prerequisite: 60% or higher in EDUC 1050H (or 1020H). Not open to students with credit for EDUC 2010H, 2020H, or 2950H.