Youth Civic Development - Work at the Cutting Edge, Number 134, Winter 2011

Klappentext Take a cutting edge look at the civic engagement of young people. Increasingly recognized as an important feature of democratic functioning in communities! it has also become clear that the civic domain is indispensable as a context for understanding human development processes. Zusammenfassung Take a cutting edge look at the civic engagement of young people. Increasingly recognized as an important feature of democratic functioning in communities! it has also become clear that the civic domain is indispensable as a context for understanding human development processes. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Youth Civic Development: Historical Context and Emerging Issues 1 Constance A. Flanagan! Brian D. Christens The authors provide a brief history of youth civic development as an area of study and! through a summary of the contributions of the chapters in this volume! discuss emerging issues. 2. The Developmental Roots of Social Responsibility in Childhood and Adolescence 11 Laura Wray-Lake! Amy K. Syvertsen The authors posit that the development of social responsibility begins in childhood and develops in adolescence as a value orientation that links one's own fate with those of fellow human beings. 3. Taking Stock of Youth Organizing: An Interdisciplinary Perspective 27 Brian D. Christens! Ben Kirshner Integrating literature from multiple disciplines! the authors provide a multilevel framework for understanding a promising model for civic development and social change youth organizing. 4. Critical Consciousness: Current Status and Future Directions 43 Roderick J. Watts! Matthew A. Diemer! Adam M. Voight Drawing on the work of the Brazilian educator Paulo Freire! the authors explicate the role of critical consciousness in youth civic development. 5. "Unapologetic and Unafraid": Immigrant Youth Come Out From the Shadows 59 Hinda Seif The author explores the changing political consciousness and action of Latino/a youth as they organize and publicly advocate for equal rights and an end to discrimination against members of their ethnic group. 6. Early Educational Foundations for the Development of Civic Responsibility: An African Experience 77 Robert Serpell! Paul Mumba! Tamara Chansa-Kabali The authors describe an innovative peer education curriculum in rural Zambia that not only promotes health! but also fosters cooperation! gender equality! and social responsibility. 7. Youth Civic Development: Theorizing a Domain With Evidence From Different Cultural Contexts 95 Constance A. Flanagan! M. Loreto Martinez! Patricio Cumsille! Tsakani Ngomane The authors point toward the primacy of collective action! groupways! and mediating institutions as aspects of the civic domain germane to youth development across cultures. INDEX 111 ...

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• Authors: Constance A. Flanagan, Constance A. Christens Flanagan
• Assisted by: Brian D. Christens (Editor), Constance A. Flanagan (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.12.2011
• EAN: 9781118229217
• ISBN: 978-1-118-22921-7
• Series: New Directions for Child & Ado; J-B MHS Single Issue Mental Health Services; New Directions for Child & Ado
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system