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Making Summer Count: Youths' Perceptions of Meaningfulness and Future Orientation in Summer Youth Employment Contexts

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Denise Jones; Zaida Pearson; Deanna C. E. Sinex; Jeremiah Nash; Aiwen Chen; Dennis F. Jones – Afterschool Matters, 2024

The current study explores the efforts of one summer youth employment program to provide students with meaningful work experiences and the participants' perceptions of the meaningfulness of their work and its effect on their future orientation. Most of the students in the study were under the age of 18. The Youth Enrichment Services (YES) Summer…

Descriptors: Summer Programs, Economically Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged, Student Empowerment