What do young people learn when sponsoring a child in the Global South? Empirical findings from Germany
Faculty/Professorship: | Foundations in Education |
Author(s): | Wagener, Marina |
Title of the Journal: | International Journal of Development Education and Global Learning |
ISSN: | 1756-526X |
Corporate Body: | Institute of Education, University of London |
Publisher Information: | Stoke-on-Trent : Trentham Books |
Year of publication: | 2018 |
Volume: | 10 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 90-102 |
Language(s): | English |
DOI: | 10.18546/IJDEGL.10.1.07 |
Abstract: | This paper describes and analyses the results of research into the learning experiences of young people in Germany who sponsor a child living in the Global South as part of their school activities. First, the research context and methodological approach is presented. A qualitative-reconstructive design was applied using the documentary method of analysis to identify implicit knowledge structures. Second, the central findings, particularly three reconstructed types of learning experiences – concretization, generalization, dissociation – are presented and illustrated by extracts from the empirical data. Third, the discussion of the results reveals the limits of global learning from child sponsoring. |
Keywords: | Child Sponsoring, Global Learning, Development Education |
Peer Reviewed: | Ja |
International Distribution: | Ja |
Open Access Journal: | Ja |
Type: | Article |
URI: | https://fis.uni-bamberg.de/handle/uniba/44089 |
Year of publication: | 5. July 2018 |

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