Gap year : how delaying college changes people in ways the world needs /
O'Shea, Joseph, 1986-
Gap year : how delaying college changes people in ways the world needs / Joseph O'Shea. - Baltimore : John Hopkins University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Reasons for taking a year -- Changes in themselves -- Changes in relationships -- Changes in religious and civic perceptions -- Changes in ways of thinking and future plans -- Theorizing the gap year -- Developing citizens -- Designing gap year programs.
The idea of the gap year has taken hold in America. Since its development in Britain nearly fifty years ago, taking time off between secondary school and college has allowed students the opportunity to travel, develop crucial life skills, and grow up, all while doing volunteer work in much-needed parts of the developing world.
9781421410371
Gap years.
Non-formal education.
Experiential learning.
High school graduates--Life skills guides.
Electronic Books.
LC45 / .G379 2013
Gap year : how delaying college changes people in ways the world needs / Joseph O'Shea. - Baltimore : John Hopkins University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Reasons for taking a year -- Changes in themselves -- Changes in relationships -- Changes in religious and civic perceptions -- Changes in ways of thinking and future plans -- Theorizing the gap year -- Developing citizens -- Designing gap year programs.
The idea of the gap year has taken hold in America. Since its development in Britain nearly fifty years ago, taking time off between secondary school and college has allowed students the opportunity to travel, develop crucial life skills, and grow up, all while doing volunteer work in much-needed parts of the developing world.
9781421410371
Gap years.
Non-formal education.
Experiential learning.
High school graduates--Life skills guides.
Electronic Books.
LC45 / .G379 2013