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Informationen zum Autor Jon Ord was a youth worker for many years and is nowan Associate Professor at the University of St Mark and St John in Plymouth! where he teaches on the youth and community work programmes. He is the author of two books and a number of articles on the theory and practice of youth work. Zusammenfassung This essential text provides an overview of the central concerns in youth work today, exploring what youth work actually consists in and developing an authentic theoretical framework for practice. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefaceForward to the Second editionIntroductionPart 1: Curriculum Theory and Practice1. Emergence of Curriculum2. Meaning of Curriculum3. Curriculum as Content4. Curriculum as Product5. Curriculum as Process: Person-centred Experience6. Curriculum as Process: Principles of Procedure and Curriculum as DevelopmentPart 2: Essential Elements of Curriculum7. Values and Judgement8. Participation and Power9. Relationships and Group Work10. Choice and Voluntary Participation11. On MethodsPart 3: Policy and Practice12. The Origins and Importance of Policy13. The Legacy of Transforming Youth Work14. The Legacy of Every Child Matters15. Defending Youth Work Practice in an Age of AusterityPart 4: Curriculum! Outcomes and Accountability16. The Problem of Outcomes17. On Progression and Time?18. Causality and Phronesis19. Curriculum! Accountability and Youth WorkPart 5: Curriculum in Context20. On Kolb and Experiential Learning Cycles21. Objections to Curriculum22. Curriculum in a National Context: Northern Ireland! Wales and Scotland23. Curriculum in a European Context: Finland24. The Uses of Curriculum25. Towards a Critical CurriculumReferences