ABSTRACT
This chapter aims to outline the wide and diverse scope of informal learning. It is argued that this is an important kind of learning that hitherto has been unjustly neglected. Informal learning is defined and its scope outlined in the first major section. Following that, key characteristic features of informal learning are considered in some detail. It is argued that recent theorizing of learning serves to highlight the significance of informal learning. The last main section discusses some examples of rich informal learning from everyday living.
