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Direct linkHill, Eddie – Physical Educator, 2022
Day camps are a powerful context for youth development. The American Camp Association and Leave No Trace have been integral in supporting youth development by identifying outcomes associated with participation in outdoor recreation. Recreation majors in the programming class used the camp as a service-learning component of the class that offered…
Descriptors: Day Camp Programs, Youth Programs, Service Learning, Recreation
Download full textAngela Pharris; Julie Miller-Cribbs; Jedediah Bragg; Bonni Goodwin; Chan M. Hellman – Journal of Youth Development, 2022
Camp has proven to be an effective positive youth development strategy for children and youth who experience trauma and adversity. However, training camp counselors who are prepared to meet the needs of trauma-exposed youth in these settings are less understood. This pilot evaluation study provides the results of a social simulation-based training…
Descriptors: Camps, Youth Programs, Counselor Training, Simulation
Ray, Vicki Ferrence – New Directions for Student Leadership, 2016
This chapter presents the Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY) program as a case study, examining their gradual process of shifting all programs to integrate leadership development and service. As an organization with over 4,000 volunteers and a nationwide scope, the change process was a challenge but resulted in benefits that fit the…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Youth Leaders, Leadership Training, Service Learning
Kastelein, Kate; Atkinson, Jennifer; Byrd, Scott; Allen, Sue – Journal of STEM Outreach, 2020
We describe the adaptation of an existing afterschool STEM program in order to make it more relevant and effective for rural teens. The award-winning Teen Science Café (TSC) program was modified to redirect focus away from traditional, academic STEM careers toward STEM in First Response, a field whose members are common and visible in rural areas.…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Rural Schools, After School Programs, Mentors
Brockman, Tabetha A.; Sim, Leslie A.; Biggs, Bridget K.; Bronars, Carrie A.; Meiers, Sonja J.; Tolleson, Ellen; Ridgeway, Jennifer L.; Asiedu, Gladys B.; Hanza, Marcelo M.; Olson, Molly A.; Slowiak, Kathleen A.; Weis, Jennifer A.; Patten, Christi A.; Clark, Matthew M.; Millerbernd, Jodi; Sia, Irene G.; Wieland, Mark L. – Health Education Journal, 2020
Objective: To determine intervention needs and to gather stakeholder input regarding healthy eating promotion for youth members served at a Boys & Girls Club in Rochester, Minnesota. Design: Mixed-methods design informed by community-based participatory research principles. Setting and Method: Young people completed a dietary habits…
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Youth Programs, After School Programs, Body Height
To, Siu-ming; Wong, Cheong-wing Victor; Yan, Ming-wai; Su, Xuebing – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2020
Background: Understanding the parental influences on the career development of non-engaged youth (NEY) has been an underdeveloped research area. Furthermore, psychometrically valid and reliable tools for assessing how parents of NEY support their children in dealing with career issues remain largely unavailable in academia. Objective: This…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Test Validity, Test Reliability, Foreign Countries
Samuels, Janíce Tisha – Journal of Media Literacy Education, 2020
This exploratory case study examines the National Youth Art Movement Against Gun Violence intervention launched in Chicago in 2017 that used public art and new media creation to engage youth in activism for gun violence prevention. Five African American and Latino youth artists participated in the program; the study focuses on three of the…
Descriptors: Violence, Weapons, Activism, Prevention
Mathur, Sarup R.; Griller Clark, Heather; Hartzell, Rebecca I.; LaCroix, Leslie; McTier, Terrence S., Jr. – Youth & Society, 2020
The purpose of this study was to listen to what youth with special needs in juvenile justice (JJ) settings say they need to be successful during reentry. The three instruments used to gain an understanding of their perspectives on reentry and their perceptions of barriers include (a) intake interviews, (b) focus groups, and (c) semi-structured…
Descriptors: Juvenile Justice, Delinquency, Youth, Youth Programs
Goessling, Kristen P. – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2020
Coming of age in an urban setting presents both opportunities and challenges for development and learning. In this paper, I illustrate the importance of understanding the ways in which marginalized young people respond to, resist, and are shaped by complex traumas stemming from structural oppression as a result of ongoing colonial and racial…
Descriptors: Trauma, Racial Bias, Social Bias, Social Justice
Nelson, Elizabeth L.; Perry, Mia; Rogers, Theresa – Journal of Literacy Research, 2020
In this Insights essay, we propose a new concept of "offlineness" that builds on current language around digital practices, yet addresses an element of young people's experience that is not adequately represented in current research or educational discourse. This work is informed by a recent cross-national arts-based research project…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Technological Literacy, Computer Mediated Communication, Literacy
Steedle, Jeffrey T.; Hepburn, Andy – ACT, Inc., 2020
GPS Education Partners (GPSEd) is a community-based nonprofit organization and work-based learning intermediary offering a statewide manufacturing youth apprenticeship in Wisconsin. During their one to two years in the program, students meet high school graduation requirements, receive industry-specific and job-specific training, technical…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Success, Academic Achievement, Work Experience Programs
Achilleos, Jess; Douglas, Hayley; Washbrook, Yasmin – Education Sciences, 2021
The debate regarding institutional racism and White privilege within higher education (HE) remains prevalent, and higher education institutions (HEIs) are not exempt from the racial equality debate. Youth and Community Work is underpinned by anti-oppressive practice, highlighting a need to educate informal educators on the structural underpinnings…
Descriptors: Racial Bias, Ethnicity, Social Justice, College Students
Nazario-Leary, Cynthia; Albrecht, Dehlia; Koroly, Mary Jo – Journal of STEM Outreach, 2021
Climate change is a timely topic and offers an overarching theme that can include a variety of STEM disciplines and technologies. In response to the pandemic, we developed and implemented an online science-based summer youth program in Climate Change Resiliency (CCR) for 11th and 12th graders in July 2020. Two sessions differing in content level…
Descriptors: Program Development, Program Effectiveness, Youth Programs, Summer Programs
Blevins, Brooke; LeCompte, Karon N.; Riggers-Piehl, Tiffani; Scholten, Nate; Magill, Kevin R. – Social Studies, 2021
This study present findings related to students' community and political engagement and activism after participation in an action civics institute. The institute, iEngage, is a weeklong summer experience for rising fifth through rising ninth graders that utilizes the action civics inquiry cycle to foster civic skills and cultivate participation…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Summer Programs, Civics, Political Attitudes
Song, Ah-Young – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2021
This work draws from a larger research project that centres a youth summer writing programme. In this article, the author recounts the multiliteracy experiences of a white student who found creative strategies to document her identity and values in her work, as she learned to navigate a learning environment that decentered whiteness. Two…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Writing Instruction, Multiple Literacies, Creativity
