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

By:

O'Shea, Joseph, 1986- [Author]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781421410371

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Genre/Form:

Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

LC45 .G379 2013

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Contents:

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.

Subject: 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.

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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.

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