In)Formal Education as a Space for Creating Personal Beliefs on Gender

Acquiring knowledge, honing skills and attitudes on gender occurs during informal education during daily life. This is a learning project that we undertake for ourselves. Informal education defined as “the lifelong process by which every individual acquires and accumulates knowledge, skills, attitudes and insights from daily experiences and exposure to the environment – at home, at work, at play” (Coombs & Ahmed, 1974, p. 8), suggests that the environment we grow up in may be of key importance in our perception of gender issues.