Laurie Ross, Shane Capra, Lindsay Carpenter, Julia Hubbell, Kathrin Walker

Dilemmas in Youth Work and Youth Development Practice (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This text explores a variety of challenging situations in youth work practice. Presenting a framework for dilemma resolution, narratives from youth workers reflect on dilemmas they have faced and the knowledge and experiences they brought to bear on them, contributing to a practice-based theoretical foundation for youth work.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 150
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juli 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317549864
• Artikelnr.: 43436999

Autorenporträt

Laurie Ross is an Associate Professor of Community Development and Planning in the Department of International Development, Community and Environment at Clark University in Worcester, MA. She teaches on the Community Development and Planning Master's program and directs Clark's Certificate Program in Youth Work Practice. She engages in collaborative action and research with community partners on issues such as youth and gang violence, youth homelessness, and youth worker professional education.

Shane Capra is the Youth Program Coordinator and Co-op Incubation Coordinator at the Worcester Roots Project. He received his master's in Community Development and Planning at Clark University in 2013. His final master's paper is entitled "Re-orienting the map: exploring dilemma-based competency in social justice youth development."

Lindsay Carpenter is a Career Counselor with Job Corps, whose youth work has focused on young women and violence prevention. She received her master's in Community Development and Planning at Clark University in 2011. Her final master's paper is entitled "A framework to analyze youth workers' response to risky behavior: considerations of youth worker skill and organizational capacity."

Julia Hubbell is a Middle School Network Liaison within the Cambridge Public Schools where she creates awareness and connects young people to out-of-school time (OST) opportunities. Her professional background has been with youth in urban areas where she has held roles in schools as an educator and also OST settings as a youth worker. She received her Master's in Community Development and Planning at Clark University in 2012. Her final Master's paper is entitled "Dilemmas in youth work: a journey toward developing expertise."

Kathrin Walker is an Associate Professor and Specialist in Youth Work Practice at the University of Minnesota Extension Center for Youth Development. Her research explores the dilemmas that practitioners face in their everyday work with young people and their strategies for addressing these challenges.