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Non-Formal Education and Development in Romania

Translated title

Term

4. term

Publication year

2012

Submitted on

Pages

74

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to identify the contribution of non-formal education a tool used in EU youth programmes to the development of Romania. To this end, Human Resource Development and Constructivism are employed as theoretical framework, and non-formal education is discussed as a leading learning principle in the European knowledge-based society. Both non-monetary and monetary non-formal education returns are highlighted, at the individual’s and at societal level. The findings of the study suggest that non-formal education contributes to the development of Romania through the cognitive constructs of its youth, who generate an improved socio-cultural reality, and through the formation and investment of human capital.

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