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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798695503321

Titolo

The changing landscape of youth work : theory and practice for an evolving field / / edited by Kristen M. Pozzoboni, San Francisco State University, Ben Kirshner, University of Colorado, Boulder

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Charlotte, North Carolina : , : Information Age Publishing, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-68123-565-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 pages)

Collana

Adolescence and Education

Disciplina

362.7/756208402373

Soggetti

Social work with youth - United States

After-school programs - United States

Youth development - United States

Community and school - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

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.