A Rationale for Youth Community Service.

Schine, Joan

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Publication Date: 1990

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A Rationale for Youth Community Service.

Schine, Joan

Social Policy, v20 n4 p5-11 Spr 1990

Through participation in community service programs, adolescents assume meaningful roles and respond to real needs of their society as well as to their own need to be needed. Presents arguments for expanding opportunities for young adolescents to contribute actively to the community, including incorporation of community service in the curriculum. (AF)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Exploration, Curriculum Development, Junior High Schools, Middle Schools, Preadolescents, Public Service, School Community Programs, Social Responsibility, Volunteers, Youth Programs

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Language: English

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