Research article

What do young people learn when sponsoring a child in the Global South? Empirical findings from Germany

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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, QUALITATIVE RESEARCH

How to Cite:

(2018) “What do young people learn when sponsoring a child in the Global South? Empirical findings from Germany”, International Journal of Development Education and Global Learning 10(1), 90–102. doi: https://doi.org/10.18546/IJDEGL.10.1.07