The changing landscape of youth work : theory and practice for an evolving field

The purpose of this book is to compile and publicize the best current thinking about training and professional development for youth workers. School age youth spend far more of their time outside of school than inside of school. The United States boasts a rich and vibrant ecosystem of Out-of-School...

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Other Authors Pozzoboni, Kristen (Editor), Kirshner, Benjamin (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2016.
SeriesAdolescence and education.
Subjects
Social work with youth > United States.
After-school programs > United States.
Youth development > United States.
Community and school > United States.
Political Science > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Counselling and care of students.
Social welfare and social services.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806609796
DOI10.1108/978-1-68123-565-3
Physical Description1 online resource (vi, 257 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the changing landscape of youth work : theory and practice for an evolving field / Kristen Pozzoboni and Ben Kirshner
  • Voluntary association, youth voice, and collective action : youth work in places where there are no (professional) youth workers / Carole MacNeil, Steven Eric Krauss, and Shepherd Zeldin
  • Credentialing for youth work : expanding our thinking / Elizabeth Starr and Ellen Gannett
  • Youth worker professional development : moving from practicing the symbolic to working substantively / Michael L. Baizerman and Ross VeLure Roholt
  • Not anyone can do this work : preparing youth workers in a graduate school of education / Gretchen Brion-Meisels, Mandy Savitz-Romer, and Deepa Vasudevan
  • Building pathways from research to practice : preparing youth development professionals through a blended online master's degree program / Barry A. Garst, Edmond P. Bowers, William Quinn, and Ryan J. Gagnon
  • Becoming a youth worker in a university-based community of practice / Laurie Ross
  • Honoring and supporting youth work intellectuals / Michael Heathfield and Dana Fusco
  • Professional learning communities : an alternative to the one-stop workshop / Femi Vance, Emily Salvaterra, Jocelyn Atkins, and Corey Newhouse
  • Re-envisioning youth work education for mental health care and suicide intervention / Patti Ranahan and Jennifer White
  • Rethinking evaluation capacity in youth development programs : a new approach for engaging youth workers in program evaluation / Mary E. Arnold, Melissa Cater, and Marc T. Braverman
  • Ethical dilemmas experienced by youth workers : implications for practice and professional development / Kathrin Walker and Tamara Ginger Weiss
  • Youth work for social change : preparing individuals to work with youth in diverse urban contexts / Kristen Atkinson, Emilia Chico, and Stacey S. Horn.

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