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Direct linkZeldin, Shepherd – Applied Developmental Science, 2004
Scholars theorize that engaging young people in organizational governance promotes positive youth development and organizational effectiveness. To explore this prediction, the study discussed here, based on interview data from 16 youth and 24 adult organizational leaders representing 8 organizations, mapped the developmental processes that occur…
Descriptors: Community Development, Adolescents, Teamwork, Adults
Download full textZeldin, Shepherd; Camino, Linda; Calvert, Matthew – Society for Research in Child Development, 2003
For more than a decade, many researchers and practitioners have endorsed a "positive youth development" approach, which views adolescents as active contributors to their own development and as assets to their communities. As part of this shift, youth are increasingly being invited to engage in community governance. In youth…
Descriptors: Governance, Youth Leaders, Policy Formation, Cultural Context
