YOUTH 2020 - The position of young people in Slovenia

Education, training and learning mobility  95 68.4% of respondents answered yes to this question. At the same time, 54.6% of respondents answered that they track the progress of their knowledge, competences, skills, or experience they acquire outside school or studies. Figure 2.9: Forms of informal learning (%). Family member, friend, colleague Books, newspapers, magazines Computer or internet TV, radio Other 77 + 13 + 7 + 1 + 2 77% 13% 6% 1% 2% Source: Mladina 2020. Note: This question was only answered by those respondents who answered yes to the question about having acquired knowledge in other ways on purpose. The responses in the Figure above show that computers and the internet are the most common form of informal learning for young people. More than three quarters of the respondents answered that they had used a computer or the internet for informal learning. These responses confirm young people’s recognition of the importance of technology for their in- formal learning (Zheng, Zhang, & Gyasi, 2019). Only a smaller propor- tion of respondents agreed that they acquired knowledge, competences, skills or experience through books, newspapers, and magazines (13.2%), through a family member, friend or colleague (6.4%), or by watching TV or listening to the radio (2.2%). Perhaps the most surprising finding is that none of the respondents mentioned youth organisations or organi- sations for young people as a source of informal learning. We were also interested in the differences in informal learning according to respondents’ educational level and social status. The Figure below