TY - BOOK AU - O'Shea,Joseph TI - Gap Year: How Delaying College Changes People in Ways the World Needs SN - 9781421410371 AV - LC45.3.O75 2013eb U1 - 378.1/98 PY - 2013/// CY - Baltimore PB - Johns Hopkins University Press KW - Experiential learning KW - Gap years KW - High school graduates-Life skills guides KW - Non-formal education KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z N2 - He establishes a context for better understanding this personal development and suggests concrete ways universities and educators can develop effective gap year programs UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3318772 ER -