Integrating Youth Voice in Service-Learning. Learning in Deed Issue Paper.

Autor/inn/en	Fredericks, Linda; Kaplan, Eve; Zeisler, Jennifer
Institution	Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO.
Titel	Integrating Youth Voice in Service-Learning. Learning in Deed Issue Paper.
Quelle	(2001), p. (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Change Strategies; Educational Benefits; Educational Change; Educational Needs; Educational Planning; Educational Policy; Educational Trends; Elementary Secondary Education; Enrollment Trends; Guidelines; Intergenerational Programs; Internet; Models; National Organizations; Participation; Participative Decision Making; Policy Formation; Position Papers; Program Development; Resource Materials; Service Learning; Strategic Planning; Student Attitudes; Student Participation; Student School Relationship; Teacher Student Relationship; Trend Analysis; Vocational Education; World Wide Web; Youth Programs + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lösungsstrategie; Bildungsertrag; Bildungsreform; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Bildungsplanung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsentwicklung; Richtlinien; Analogiemodell; Teilnahme; Politische Betätigung; Positionspapier; Programmplanung; Quellenmaterial; Service-Learning; Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung; Schülerverhalten; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Schüler-Lehrer-Beziehung; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Trendanalyse; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; World Wibe Web; Jugendsofortprogramm
Abstract	Researchers have found that high-quality service learning programs are rich with benefits for schools, communities, and students. One hallmark of successful service learning programs is that they honor youth voice (meaning that they include young people in the creation and implementation of service opportunities). Elementary, middle, and high school students can all contribute meaningfully to their communities and shape service learning experiences with their ideas and insights. Because of the many benefits, many schools now strongly encourage or mandate service hours as a requirement for graduation. Research has identified strategies for overcoming the following challenges facing service learning: (1) not everyone shares the same definition of "youth voice"; (2) adults and young people have preconceived notions about one another's understanding of and capacity for a truly successful youth voice component; (3) not everyone in the organization buys into the concept or practice of youth voice or wants it incorporated; (4) youth voice often becomes merely the "tokenizing" of young people; (5) the teacher, educator, or other adult has difficulty relinquishing decision-making responsibilities to young people. (The strategies are included, along with six research-identified recommendations for adults, eight recommendations for policymakers, and seven recommendations for young people involved in service learning. The bibliography lists 47 references/resources and the World Wide Web addresses of 24 resource organizations.) (MN)
Anmerkungen	Education Commission of the States Distribution Center, 707 17th St., Suite 2700, Denver, CO 80202-3427; Tel: 303-299-3692 (No. SL-01-01; $4). For full text: http://www.stw.ed.gov/products/download/2963.pdf.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01