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Understanding and promoting learning across school and out-of-school contexts have received increased attention in recent educational research and practice. Children and young people spend considerable time in out-of-school learning settings. Whether it be outside in the park playing with friends, fishing with an uncle, taking part in everyday family chores, or engaging in virtual communities, these everyday learning environments form a rich and complex learning ecology within which children build a variety of experiences, competencies, and interests (Barron, 2006; Erstad & Sefton-Green, 2013; Ito et al., 2013; Kumpulainen et al., 2010).
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Rajala, A., Kumpulainen, K., Hilppö, J., Paananen, M., Lipponen, L. (2016). Connecting Learning across School and Out-of-School Contexts. In: Erstad, O., Kumpulainen, K., Mäkitalo, Å., Schrøder, K.C., Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, P., Jóhannsdóttir, T. (eds) Learning across Contexts in the Knowledge Society. The Knowledge Economy and Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-414-5_2
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