Informal Education is a general term for education outside of a standard school setting. Informal Education is the wise, respectful and spontaneous process of cultivating learning. It works through conversation, and the exploration and enlargement of experience. For Example, Informal education has activities with children, young people and adults. Sometimes there is a clear objective link to some broader plan - example around the development of reading. It can refer to various forms of alternative education, such as:

• Unschooling or homeschooling
• Autodidacticism (Self-teaching)
• Youth work