Authors:Shawn Ginwright, Pedro Noguera, Julio Cammarota,
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: youth, policy, practice, america, critical, studies, possibilities, democratic, activism, community, change, new, resistance
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 2006-03-21
List price: $40.95
ISBN-10: 0415952514
ISBN-13: 9780415952514
Over the past decade, urban communities have experienced unprecedented social, economic, and political transformation. Globalization and de-industrialization have contributed to the exodus of jobs, produced higher levels of inequality, and consequent, furthered marginalization of the urban poor. Urban youth have been particularly affected by this transformation. The failure of urban school districts and the lack of jobs, health services and effective prevention and intervention programs have placed large numbers of low-income urban youth at risk. In the absence of policies and institutions tha
Author: Amy Best
Publisher: NYU Pre
Keywords: youth, studies, critical, methodological, representing, issues
Number of Pages: 342
Published: 2007-01-01
List price: $23.00
ISBN-10: 0814799531
ISBN-13: 9780814799536
From youth culture to adolescent sexuality to the consumer purchasing power of children en masse, studies are flourishing. Yet doing research on this unquestionably more vulnerable-whether five or fifteen-population also poses a unique set of challenges and dilemmas for researchers. In Representing Youth, Amy Best has assembled an important group of essays that address these concerns head on, providing scholars with thoughtful and often practical answers to their many methodological concerns. These original essays range from how to conduct research on youth in ways that can be empowering for t
Author: Helmstetter
Publisher: Atria
Keywords: youth, innr, hav, truth, lfe, yrslf, fountain, inside, finding, powrfl
Number of Pages: 232
Published: 1990-10-01
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 0671703374
ISBN-13: 9780671703370
Anyone, whether 19 or 90, can recapture inner youth and rediscover enthusiasm for life. Here are practical and easy techniques that will help readers recognize ten damaging myths, regain control of their lives, respond to events in ways that build harmony instead of destroying it, stop letting other people’s opinions affect them, and more. HC: Pocket.
Authors:Mary Marken, National Youth Bureau,
Publisher: National Youth Agency
Keywords: youth, service, managers, bibliography, evaluation, selective, management
Number of Pages: 21
Published: 1984-12
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0861550889
ISBN-13: 9780861550883
Authors:Julio Cammarota, Michelle Fine,
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: youth, motion, critical, research, studies, action, education, participatory, revolutionizing
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2008-01-24
List price: $37.95
ISBN-10: 0415956161
ISBN-13: 9780415956161
Many scholars have turned to the groundbreaking critical research methodology, Youth-Led Participatory Action Research (YPAR), as a way to address both the political challenges and inherent power imbalances of conducting research with young people. Revolutionizing Education makes an extraordinarily unique contribution to the literature on adolescents by offering a broad framework for understanding this research methodology. With an informative combination of theory and practice, this edited collection brings together student writings alongside those of major scholars in the field. While remain
Author: Dana L. Mitra
Publisher: State University of New York Pre
Keywords: youth, partnerships, strengthen, schools, empower, adult, student, school, reform, building, voice
Number of Pages: 132
Published: 2008-02-07
List price: $53.50
ISBN-10: 0791473198
ISBN-13: 9780791473191
Examines a high school that sought to increase student participation in its reform process.
Authors:Josh McDowell, Bob Hostetler,
Publisher: Thomas Nelso
Keywords: youth, pastors, teachers, workers, parents, guide, counseling, comprehensive, handbook, equipping
Number of Pages: 560
Published: 1996-06-11
List price: $21.99
ISBN-10: 084993236X
ISBN-13: 9780849932366
Thoroughly researched, this easy-to-use handbook is designed to help parents, teachers, pastors and youth workers guide today’s young people through the minefields of adolescence. From simple challenges to major crises, this book will equip adults to help youth cope with situations involving emotional issues, abuse, addictions, family issues, disorders, sexual issues and much more.
