A Semester on the Road to Santiago: The Long-term Impacts of Walking the Camino de Santiago with a Family-like Study Abroad Group

In this paper, research findings are presented from a small, longitudinal study using qualitative data on the long-term impacts of a unique, semester-long, study abroad program at Franklin Pierce University. In this programme, students study the history and contemporary renaissance of the Camino de...

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Main Author: Challenger, Douglas (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Dublin Institute of Technology 2023
In: The international journal of religious tourism and pilgrimage
Year: 2023, Volume: 11, Issue: 3, Pages: 10-21
Further subjects:B internal impacts
B Camino de Santiago
B Liberal Education
B study abroad
B Longitudinal Study
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