- Title
- Perspectives on peer learning as adult education in diverse communities
- Creator
- Townsend, Robert
- Date
- 2014
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/168925
- Identifier
- vital:13935
- Identifier
- ISBN:2328- 6318
- Abstract
- Peer led learning reduces the number of barriers between education institutions, teacher led instruction, and learners. Peer led approaches to learning, whether in formal educational settings or as part of informal community services, can positively affect attitudes and behaviour. The research gap is identifying the elements of peer learning that can enhance education pathway development for individuals and groups who have turned away from formal education. Most activities, programs, and research around peer learning are directed at the 'formal' peer assisted learning within educational institutions or peer mentoring within clinical and professional settings. There is a need to locate, record, and debate all of the peer learning activities that occur within education providers, community programs, 'underground education', recreational clubs, and arts and performance spaces. This article will present the reflections of the author's own peer education experiences, as well as the preliminary findings of a systematic review about peer learning, and outline the need for future mixed methods research about student informal peer activities. © Common Ground, Rob Townsend, All Rights Reserved.
- Publisher
- Common Ground Publishing
- Relation
- International Journal of Adult, Community and Professional Learning Vol. 20, no. 2 (2014), p. 45-58
- Rights
- © Common Ground, Rob Townsend, All Rights Reserved.
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- Adult education; Informal learning; Learning; Peer learning; 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy
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