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Rules of (youth) engagement
By empowering youth to plan and lead educational activities for their peers, Extension's 4-H program puts decades of youth development research into practice every day. 4-H alumna Brittany Eich and many others have joined 4-H and developed key skills to succeed in college, their careers, and communities.
News from the Center for Youth Development
Walker and Walker edit the Journal of Youth Development
Kate Walker and Joyce Walker of our center, together with Michele Alberti Gambone of Youth Development Strategies, Inc., edited the fall 2011 issue of the Journal of Youth Development. Published by the National Association of 4-H Extension Agents, this semiannual journal covers a broad range of topics and issues in the field of youth development. This issue’s theme is “100 years of youth development research”.
Members of our center also wrote articles for this journal. Dale Blyth contributed an article on the challenges facing the future of youth development. Rebecca Saito, together with Theresa Sullivan of the Search Institute, contributed an article on facets of youth engagement. Kate Walker co-wrote “New Horizons: Understanding the Processes and Practices of Youth Development” with Reed Larson of the University of Illinois.
Download the journal. (19.7MB PDF)
Developing culturally responsive youth workers
Ann Walter and Samantha Grant of our center have published an article in the Journal of Extension on the importance of cultural responsiveness in youth work.
The article describes results of a study of youth workers who have taken the Youth Work Institute course “Culturally Responsive Youth Work Matters.” The course and this study both build upon existing research by Geneva Gay, who says that “when knowledge and skills are found within the lived experiences and cultural contexts of youth, they are more meaningful and more engaging and are learned more easily.”
Our work featured in the media
- 2/7 Beyond the “Village” Rhetoric: Creating Healthy Communities for Children and Adolescents |Benson, Leffert, Scales, Blyth | Applied Developmental Science
- 2/7 My Journey With Peter: Moving Ideas That Matter | Blyth | Applied Developmental Science
- 1/18 Mapping Extension's Networks: Using Social Network Analysis to Explore Extension's Outreach | Bartholomay, Chazdon, Marczak, Walker | Journal of Extension
- 12/20 EVERYDAY PEOPLE: Shooting for the stars: Heidi Haugen | Brainerd Daily Dispatch
- 1/23 Strengthening 4-H Program Communication Through Technology | Robideau, Santl | Journal of Extension
Youth Development Insight Center for Youth Development faculty & educators blog about issues in the field
Is youth work a career?
Monday, February 13, 2012
Is youth work something you do while you figure out what you really want to do, or is it a career? Most definitions of career include three elements: a defined ... More
Where do culture and research meet?
Saturday, January 21, 2012
I'm part of a large research team working with Latino youth who participate in community-based after-school programs. Among other things we want to understand how culture might impact the experiences ... More
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What our faculty members are reading, from journals and the media
- 2/10 Soft Skills to Pay the Bills — Mastering Soft Skills for Workplace Success | U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy, Youth in Transition
- 1/23 The weirdest people in the world? | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Henrich, et al.
- 1/5 Future Work Skills 2020 | Institute for the Future for the University of Phoenix Research Institute
- 12/22 Decolonizing methodologies : research and indigenous peoples (Book, 1999) | Smith
- 12/22 Beloved child : a Dakota way of life (Book, 2011) | Wilson
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