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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Aug
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Advancing Positive Youth Development: Perspectives of Youth as Researchers and Evaluators
White, David J.; Shoffner, Anna; Johnson, Kendal; Knowles, Netti; Mills, Madison
Journal of Extension, v50 n4 Article 4FEA4 Aug 2012
This article describes the journey taken by a group of adolescents into the field and practice of youth-led research. The article gives voice to the growing number of youth participating in research and evaluation. The authors give authentic youth accounts of: (1) the process of becoming researchers and evaluators, (2) the benefits and challenges encountered as researchers and evaluators, (3) the community-based research they conducted, (4) the state and national recognition received as researchers and evaluators, (5) implications for practice and the future of youth-led research, and (6) steps necessary to move the field and study of youth-led research forward
Descriptors: Youth Opportunities, Youth Programs, Youth, Researchers, Evaluators, Adolescent Development, Adolescent Attitudes, Youth Leaders, Performance Factors, Barriers, Educational Benefits, Recognition (Achievement), Educational Practices, Educational Strategies, Change Strategies, Educational Research, Educational Researchers, Focus Groups, Research Methodology, High School Students, College Bound Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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