Volunteering and Students’ Attitudes toward the Target Group of Social Work and Social Pedagogy
- Institution: Matej Bel University, Banská Bystrica, Slovak Republic
- Institution: Matej Bel University, Banská Bystrica, Slovak Republic
- Year of publication: 2008
- Source: Show
- Pages: 209-225
- DOI Address: https://doi.org/10.15804/tner.08.16.3.16
- PDF: tner/200803/tner1616.pdf
The paper focuses on selected aspects of volunteering as part of university education of social work and social pedagogy students. It presents theoretical starting points and empirical findings concerning the relationship between volunteer experience and attitudes of social work and social pedagogy students toward the target groups of their study. In this context it points to the possibility of the formative function of volunteering as a form of professional practice.