EDUCATIONAL DIMENSIONS FOR ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP AND VOLUNTEERING IN MULTICULTURAL SOCIETIES

Authors

  • Magda SAMOILĂ "A.I.Cuza" University, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Str. Toma Cozma no. 3, 700506, Iasi, România

Keywords:

education for active citizenship, volunteering, experiential learning, multiculturalism

Abstract

The education for active citizenship, a goal of the contemporary educational systems, included by UNESCO in the category of new education forms, becomes today a component that may be integrated in the educational programs, regardless the contextual or cultural patterns. This study provides views of approaching the relationship between the education for active citizenship and volunteering and the experiential learning, the education for active citizenship and volunteering and the intercultural learning, through references to research studies and theories validated by community norms.

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