PT Journal AU CASTKOVA, P KROPAC, J PLISCHKE, J TI CONTRIBUTION OF THE INFORMAL AND NON-FORMAL EDUCATION OF BASIC SCHOOL PUPILS SO Journal of Technology and Information Education PY 2016 BP 53 EP 66 VL 8 IS 2 DI 10.5507/jtie.2016.010 DE formal; non-formal; informal education; technical education; basic school; content of technical education AB The article deals with the issue of the informal and non-formal education in the context of technical education at basic school. In the theoretical part, the authors synthesize educational theories and theories of field didactics with the ways of their application and approaches important for a good cooperation in the union of formal, non-formal and informal education, while its content is technology and technical activities. As a follow-up to the theoretical basis, the aim of the article is to present results of the research and to call attention to the contribution of the informal and non-formal education to the technical education of basic school pupils. ER