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Zusatztext This book highlights and streamlines the importance of youth finding their purpose with civic youth work, where their time and resources are applied in areas that are near and dear to them, and where their attributes can be utilized toward meaningful change.... [It] is a must read for students in undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as professionals involved in social sciences and policy, to provide them with knowledge for an evolving need and with an innovative model. Informationen zum Autor Michael Baizerman, PhD, MS, MS, is Professor and Director, Youth Studies, School of Social Work, University of Minnesota, and Adjunct Professor of Youth Development Leadership, University of Minnesota. He has taught in Youth Studies since 1972 and also carried out community-consultation on youthwork and youth studies locally and internationally. He has published widely in youthwork and youth studies and extensively in program evaluation.Ross VeLure Roholt, PhD, MSW, is Assistant Professor, Youth Studies, School of Social Work, and University of Minnesota. Before joining the Youth Studies faculty, Dr. VeLure Roholt worked for two years in Belfast, Northern Ireland on issues around youth civic engagement and youthwork practice. He has consulted both locally and internationally on youthwork practice,especially in Jordan, Israel, and Palestine territories. Currently he is developing a youthwork practice, Civic Youthwork, and also continues to consult with youth organizations and groups in Jordan and Morocco around this youthwork practice. Klappentext Most youth civic engagement evaluation studies fail to reach beyond specific audiences, thereby hindering the diffusion of evaluation practice wisdom around effective methods to evaluate complex social innovations. This book therefore provides multiple case studies of youth civic engagement evaluation designs and straightforward guidance for designing youth civic engagement evaluations. Zusammenfassung Most youth civic engagement evaluation studies fail to reach beyond specific audiences, thereby hindering the diffusion of evaluation practice wisdom around effective methods to evaluate complex social innovations. This book therefore provides multiple case studies of youth civic engagement evaluation designs and straightforward guidance for designing youth civic engagement evaluations. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Michael Baizerman and Ross VeLure Roholt Chapter 1: Evaluating Civic Youth Work: Explicating Evaluation Perspectives, Questions, Issues, and Choices Michael Baizerman and Ross VeLure Roholt Section 1 Engage Stakeholders Chapter 2: Evaluating Youth Civic Engagement: Ask the Youth! Katie Richards-Schuster and Rebecca Timmermans Section 2 Describe Program Chapter 3: Using Action-Based Research with Civic Youth Work to Enhance Program Quality Brian Hubbard Chapter 4: Evaluating Young People's Civic Agency Harry Boyte Section 3 Focus Evaluation Design Chapter 5: A Schematic Fantasy Evaluation Plan for Public Achievement, Northern Ireland Michael Baizerman Section 4 Gather Credible Evidence Chapter 6: Engaging the Whole Community to Assess Civic Engagement of Youth Robert Shumer, Shang Lifu, Xu Huiying, Tong Xing, and Shi Pian Section 5 Justify Conclusions Chapter 7: Evaluation of Wimps: A Case Study of Civic Youth Work Evaluation Paul Mattessich, Cherylynn Bassani, and Paul Smyth Section 6 Use and Share Lessons Learned Chapter 8: School Meeting Structures as Forms of Civic Engagement and School Evaluation Terrance Kwame-Ross Section 7 Conclusions Chapter 9: Designing Youth Civic Engagement and Civic Youth Work Evaluations Ross VeLure Roholt and Michael Baizerman Chapter 10: Evaluation Practice to Enhance Civic Youth Work and Youth Civic Engagement Ross VeLure Roholt and Michael Baizerman<...
