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I have been reading a recent (2013) report on informal education by Julian Sefton-Green, Learning at Not-School: A Review of Study, Theory, and Advocacy for Education in Non-Formal Settings. It has been a great read so far, so I thought I would jot down some passages that have stood out to me. To put things in context, some of what the author notes in his introduction is reminiscent of Nina Simon’s recent post, which I also responded to recently....

I keep coming back to a recent post by Nina Simon: Arts Assessment: Let’s Stop “Proving” and Start Improving. I think Nina really hits the nail on the head. Indeed, when I think of what kinds of assessment will help me improve my own practice as a teacher, it rarely looks like the kinds of quantitative educational data that funders expect. Nina’s post is a reminder to ask questions that make sense to ourselves as educators, because this is where we can really improve our own practice....