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Welcome to infed.org. On this page, you will find the main areas of practice that we explore. You can also click to see what’s new or updated<\/strong><\/a> on the site.<\/p>\r\n

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Association, democracy and civil society<\/a><\/strong>: exploring civil society, civic participation, the development of\u00a0community and association, and the activities of educators and animateurs.<\/p>\r\n

Christian youth work and youth ministry<\/a><\/strong>: exploring the development and current experience of Christian youth work and youth ministry.<\/p>\r\n

Community learning and development<\/a><\/strong>: exploring the development, theory and practice of community development and community work.<\/p>\r\n

Evaluation<\/strong><\/a>. A developing set of pages exploring theories, issues and practices in evaluation.<\/p>\r\n

Groupwork<\/strong><\/a>: exploring the principles, theory, practice and development of work with groups.<\/p>\r\n

Helping<\/a><\/strong>: exploring the theory and practice of helping.<\/p>\r\n

Homes, houses and communities<\/strong><\/a>: Exploring the experiences and development of homes, housing and communities – and where policy should go.<\/p>\r\n

Informal and non-formal education<\/strong><\/a>: the experiences, practice and theories of informal education and non-formal education.<\/p>\r\n

Informal Jewish education<\/a><\/strong>: exploring the principles and practice of informal Jewish education<\/p>\r\n

Lifelong learning and adult education<\/strong><\/a>: exploring the development of theory and practice in adult education and lifelong learning<\/p>\r\n

Research for practice<\/strong><\/a>: exploring research within and around informal education and social action.<\/p>\r\n

Schools<\/a><\/strong>: rethinking their purposes, practices and principles. Creating the \u2018new normal\u2019 for education, learning and change in schools and other educational institutions following the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\r\n

Settlements and social action centres<\/strong><\/a>: exploring the special contribution of university, social and educational settlements.<\/p>\r\n

Social action, social change and social reform<\/a><\/strong>: exploring the arenas, ideas and theorists of social action, social change and social reform for educators and animateurs.<\/p>\r\n

Social pedagogy<\/strong><\/a>: exploring the theory and practice of social pedagogy. Creating the \u2018new normal\u2019 for education, learning and change in schools and other educational institutions following the COVID 19 pandemic.<\/p>\r\n

Teaching and pedagogy<\/a><\/strong>. Exploring the theory, practice and commitments involved in teaching and pedagogy<\/p>\r\n

Youth work<\/a><\/strong>: exploring the theory and practice of youth work and youth development<\/p>\r\n

Image: <\/strong>auto zone by Dean Hochman<\/a> | flickr ccby2<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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