ASSIGNMENT

INFORMAL LEARNING

Informal learning is by default any learning that is not formal learning or non-formal
learning. It has no objectives of learning outcomes and never intention from the learners
standpoint. It is referred as learning by experience or just as experience. For all the learners this
includes heuristic language building socialization, enculturation and play. The term is often
conflated, however with non-formal learning and self-directed learning. It is widely used in the
context of corporate training and education in relation to return on- investment turns on learning.
Informal learning describes a lifelong process whereby individuals acquire attitudes, values,skills
and knowledge from daily experience and the education influence and sources in his or her
environment from far and neighbors from work and play. Students also improve their social
skills by carrying out oral communication. Education program which give students the
opportunity to their sense organs more and include various group activities provide great benefit
for students in connection with knowledge and experience.
Content
Some informal learning contexts are park and museum, planetarium, aquarium, vivarium,
terrarium. Historical monuments, music room.
Park and Museum: Informal learning institutions i.e. museum.
Museums, zoos, conservation parks etc.often represent valuable alternative for parents
when searching for activities that foster both entertaining and educational outcomes among their
children. The visitors inquire, explore, learn and have fun. And even though these visits are
successful in the intimation of learning cycles, they are not by themselves completely successful
in supporting community learning needs or inquiry skill building, because the learning cycle tend
to end once visitor leaves museum and other informal learning settings like parks, art gallery can
invite students to become engaged in exhibits and activities. Although many informal science
institutions offer some type of professional development of teachers, the result of such program
have not been widely disseminated.

Music Room
Music Room is an innovative British television music series that presents classical
musicians and the pieces they play in a manner normally associated with popular musical
programming Informal learning always starts with music, which the learners choose for
themselves. Therefore tends to be music which they already know and understand like enjoy and
identify with it. This is distinct from most formal educational settings. In which the main idea is
introduce learners to music that they do not already know and which is usually selected by the
teacher.
Playground
Playground are places where childrens play can take off and flourish. There are two
fundamental reasons why outdoor play is critical for young children. Just many of the
development tasks that children must achieve, exploring, risk taking, fine and gross motor
development and the absorption of vast amount of basic knowledge can be effectively learned
throughout door play. Outdoor play enables young children to learn lots and lots of things about
the world. How does ice feel and sound? How do plants grow much of what a child learns
outside can be learned in a variety of other ways but learning it outside is particularly effective
and certainly more fun? In the outside playground children can learn maths, science, ecology,
gardening, ornithology, construction farming etc.
Historical Monuments
Teaching with historic places is a useful model to teach. It helps teachers to get some of
the goals and standard established by the National standards for the teachers of history. The value
of using historic places to teach History alive in a very specific and unique context. It helps to
develop thinking skill reasoning skill, historical thinking skill, entrepreneurship and the kind of
skills that they are need to think through things in their life. The historic character is not only
attractive in it own right but it can act as a catalyst for creative new designs. Also historic
monuments represents considerable past investment of physical, natural and intellectual
resources where archaeological and historic features already exists.

Planetarium
Planetarium is a theatre built primarily for presenting educational and entertaining shows
about astronomy and the night sky, or for training in celestial navigation. A dominant shaped
projection screen on to which scenes of stars, planets and other celestial objects can be made to
appear and move realistically to stimulate the complex motions of the heavens. The term
planetarium is sometimes used generically to describe other devices which illustrate the solar
system, such as a computer simulation or an ornery. Planetarium software refers to a software
application that renders a three dimensional image of the sky on to a two dimensional computer
screen. The term planetarium is used to describe a member of planetarium is used to describe a
member of the professional staff of a planetarium.
Aquarium
Every school should have live corner where animals and plants are grown and reared.
Such activities in school open new avenues of enjoyment and interest. Aquarium is a water filled
glasstank for keeping fish and other water creatures and plants. Students develop the habit of cooperation study the habit of breeding of animals. Pupil observes the interdependence of animals
and plants and plants on animals. Students get a comprehensive idea of plant life.
Vivarium
Vivarium is a device intended for preserving the creatures living in the air generally
insects and other such creatures are kept in the vivarium. To improvise a vivarium takes a potted
plant on which butterflies or caterpillars have laid their eggs. Cover plant with glass jar, the
mouth of which is close with a net or cloth. Insects and flies may be put in the glass jar. In this
way it shall be possible to have a proper study of the insects and creatures floating and flying the
air. Vivarium can also made out wood, glass and wire gauze.
Terrarium
Terrarium is an arrangement for preserving creatures on and below the surface of the
earth for study purpose. It can be made for creatures like earthworm, frogs, snais etc. IT is a
minitature replica of territorial habitat containing specimen plants and animals representing the

habitat. It helps students in understanding the interrelationship of factors affecting the life of
plants ad animals.
Conclusion
Informal education composed of and individuals interaction with his/ her environment
and is not planned, scheduled or controlled is sometimes more efficient than formal education in
the process of behavior. Research has suggested that diversifying and increasing the frequency of
activities that children are interested in strongly affects the improvement of abilities that acquire
at school. Informal education programs which are not organized in a short time and solely with
the aim of entertainment are possibly be more effective.
Reference
1. Mariamma Mathew -Teaching Science.
2. Dr. T.M.Mollykutty-Science Education