An option or necessity: can the ‘informal’ and ‘formal’ co-exist within higher education?

Jones, I ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1242-6530, 2025. An option or necessity: can the ‘informal’ and ‘formal’ co-exist within higher education? Youth, 5 (1): 5. ISSN 2673-995X

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Abstract

In further understanding the importance of the informal/formal nexus, it is posited that they can co-exist, as explained in the case description example of a Youth Professional Practitioner Network (YPPN). It posits the influence of ‘informal education’ that creates the opportunity for value-based notions such as respect in enabling individuals to form trusting relationships. Through such relationships, the possibility of a ‘community of practice’ is formed. Such notions are argued to be inherent within the YPPN. In presenting such discussions in the exploration of this question, it poses the argument that it is possible and is more of a necessity

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Youth
Creators:	Jones, I.
Publisher:	MDPI AG
Date:	March 2025
Volume:	5
Number:	1
ISSN:	2673-995X
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.3390/youth5010005 DOI 2344218 Other
Rights:	© 2025 by the author. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Jeremy Silvester
Date Added:	16 Jan 2025 11:15
Last Modified:	16 Jan 2025 11:15
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/52858

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