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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453744603321

Autore

O'Shea Joseph <1986->

Titolo

Gap year : how delaying college changes people in ways the world needs / / Joseph O'Shea

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore : , : John Hopkins University Press, , 2013

ISBN

1-4214-1037-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (198 p.)

Disciplina

378.1/98

Soggetti

Experiential learning

Gap years

High school graduates

Non-formal education

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""PART I: EXPERIENCING THE GAP YEAR""; ""1 Reasons for Taking a Year""; ""2 Changes in Themselves""; ""3 Changes in Relationships""; ""4 Changes in Religious and Civic Perceptions""; ""5 Changes in Ways of Thinking and Future Plans""; ""PART II: UNDERSTANDING THE GAP YEAR""; ""6 Theorizing the Gap Year""; ""7 Developing Citizens""; ""8 Designing Gap Year Programs""; ""References""; Index.