Why is it that practitioners of informal learning can align themselves so closely with the tenets of democratic educational philosophy?

Most people who talk about informal learning are adults. But if we really want to understand informal learning, we need to listen to those who are actually doing it.

15% of a young person’s time is spent in school, in formal education. But should formal learning guide the remaining 85% of children’s time. Or the other way around?

Informal learning appears to be something of a shy creature. Rumours abound as to its existence, but how would we recognise it when we see it? What are its identifying characteristics?