STUDENT VOLUNTEERING: MOTIVATION OF VOLUNTEERS AND SPECIFIC FEATURES OF THEIR ACTIVITY
Abstract
This paper is devoted to volunteering activity of Russian students. The article presents the results of the monitoring research - survey of the students of economically developed Russian domains - Sverdlovsk region. Students of 14 universities took part in the survey. The author also analyzes some results of survey of young volunteers in Ural. There are some important characteristics of volunteer students’ community. Special attention is paid to motivation of student volunteers.
About the Author
Mariya V. Pevnaya
Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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