Optimizing out-of-school time: The role of free-choice learning

March 1st, 2003 | RESEARCH

Free-choice learning, a new paradigm for the learning that youth and their families engage in outside school, can play an important role in the healthy development of youth, their families, and communities.

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Team Members

Institute for Learning Innovation, Contributor
Lynn Dierking, Author, Oregon State University
John H Falk, Author, Oregon State University

Citation

Identifier Type: DOI
Identifier: 10.1002/yd.36

Publication: New Directions for Youth Development
Volume: 97
Page(s): 75

Related URLs

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/yd.36/abstract

Tags

Audience: Educators | Teachers | Elementary School Children (6-10) | Evaluators | Families | Middle School Children (11-13) | Museum | ISE Professionals | Youth | Teen (up to 17)
Discipline: Education and learning science
Resource Type: Peer-reviewed article | Research Products
Environment Type: Afterschool Programs | Community Outreach Programs | Informal | Formal Connections | K-12 Programs | Public Programs | Summer and Extended Camps