The principled pattern of halting educational activity to allow for a period of trial and error within wide and flexible boundaries.

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- Voluntarism
- Multiplicity
- Symmetry
- Dualism
- Moratorium
- Modularity
- Expressive Instrumentalism
- Symbolic Pragmatism
- Institutional Autonomy

Types of Contextual Components of Informal Education

Cohen, E. H. (2001). A structural analysis of the R. Kahane code of informality: Elements toward a theory of informal education. Sociological inquiry, 71(3), 357-380.

Contextual Components of Informal Education

A wide range of activities that are of relatively equal importance to one another.

Multiplicity in Informal Education

A set of mutually agreed on and accommodated values and responsibilities shared by a set of individuals that all receive equal and exchangeable support and resources.

Symmetry in Informal Education

A constraint-free decision-making process in which one can choose their interests and goals from a variety of equally-valued options.

Voluntarism in Informal Education

The co-existence of different and/or opposite relationships or behavioral orientations that each hold equal weight with the other. 

Dualism in Informal Education

The reconfiguration of educational material into easily comprehensible parts to remain flexible to potentially changing interests and priorities.

Modularity in Informal Education

Activities that are done for their own sake and to achieve a future goal.

Expressive Instrumentalism in Informal Education

The attribution of symbolic significance to the completion of tasks or the increase of knowledge associated with completing tasks.

Symbolic Pragmatism in Informal Education

A social framework where students remain relatively unaffected and unsupervised by established members of society.

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