Informal learning in youth volunteer work perspectives from the European Voluntary Service programme

The purpose of this study is to examine the link between volunteer work and informal learning among young people. Drawing on the concepts and theories of lifelong learning, informal learning and volunteer work, and building on past research, this thesis explores the case of the European Voluntary Se...

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Päätekijä: Hagh Talab, Ayda
Muut tekijät: Faculty of Education, Kasvatustieteiden tiedekunta, Kasvatustieteiden laitos, Department of Education, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylän yliopisto
Aineistotyyppi: Pro gradu
Kieli:eng
Julkaistu: 2013
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title Informal learning in youth volunteer work : perspectives from the European Voluntary Service programme
title_full Informal learning in youth volunteer work : perspectives from the European Voluntary Service programme
title_fullStr Informal learning in youth volunteer work : perspectives from the European Voluntary Service programme Informal learning in youth volunteer work : perspectives from the European Voluntary Service programme
title_full_unstemmed Informal learning in youth volunteer work : perspectives from the European Voluntary Service programme Informal learning in youth volunteer work : perspectives from the European Voluntary Service programme
title_short Informal learning in youth volunteer work
title_sort informal learning in youth volunteer work perspectives from the european voluntary service programme
title_sub perspectives from the European Voluntary Service programme
title_txtP Informal learning in youth volunteer work : perspectives from the European Voluntary Service programme
topic arkioppiminen epävirallinen oppiminen Education Kasvatustiede 102 vapaaehtoistyö oppiminen nuoret elinikäinen oppiminen
topic_facet 102 Education Kasvatustiede arkioppiminen elinikäinen oppiminen epävirallinen oppiminen nuoret oppiminen vapaaehtoistyö
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