ERIC Number: EJ939801
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006
Pages: 26
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Youth Leadership, Racism, and Intergroup Dialogue
Boulden, Walter T.
Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work, v15 n1-2 p1-26 2006
The National Conference for Community and Justice--Greater Kansas City's Youth Leadership Institute (Anytown) for high school-aged youth--is designed to expose young people to multicultural issues and topics and facilitate purposeful intergroup dialogue on addressing systemic oppression and privilege. An evaluation was conducted over a three-year period to determine whether the Anytown programming had an effect on changing the knowledge and attitudes of participants concerning a variety of racial/ethnic groups. At the beginning of the first day of the 7-day residential institute and again at the end of the last day, the students completed a self-report survey rating a series of statements concerning their knowledge and attitudes. At the end of each day, the students also answered open-ended questions concerning what they had learned during the day. Frequencies, t-tests, ANOVA comparisons, and content analyses were conducted. In every area measured by the pre- and post-Institute surveys, there was a statistically significant positive change, at the 95% or higher confidence level, in respondents' ratings of their knowledge and attitudes. (Contains 8 tables.)
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Ethnic Groups, Youth Leaders, Leadership, Racial Relations, Racial Bias, High School Students, Cultural Pluralism, Social Bias, Program Effectiveness, Knowledge Level, Attitude Change, Residential Programs, Surveys, Content Analysis, Pretests Posttests, Stereotypes, Asian Americans, Whites, African Americans, American Indians, Hispanic Americans, Gender Differences, Sexual Orientation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Kansas
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