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65%OFFLaurie Ross - Dilemmas in Youth Work and Youth Development Practice - 9781138843950 - V9781138843950
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Dilemmas in Youth Work and Youth Development Practice

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Description for Dilemmas in Youth Work and Youth Development Practice Hardback. Num Pages: 150 pages, 2 black & white tables, 5 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JFF; JKSB1; JKSN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 348.

The fundamental aim of youth work is to build trusting and mutually respectful relationships with young people, creating transformative experiences for young people in formal and informal spaces outside of homes and schools. These complex and multidimensional situations mean that the day-to-day work of youth workers is full of dilemmas, pitting moral, developmental, motivational, organizational, and other concerns against each other.

By showing how different youth workers respond to a variety of such dilemmas, this authentic text makes visible youth workers’ unique knowledge and skills, and explores how to work with challenging situations – from the everyday to the extraordinary. ... Read more

Teaching us a great deal about the norms, conventions, continuities, and discontinuities of youth work, this practical book reveals essential dimensions of the profession and contributes to a practice-based theoretical foundation of youth work.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
150
Condition
New
Number of Pages
140
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781138843950
SKU
V9781138843950
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2

About Laurie Ross
Laurie Ross is an Associate Professor of Community Development and Planning in the Department of International Development, Community and Environment at Clark University in Worcester, MA. She teaches on the Community Development and Planning Master’s program and directs Clark’s Certificate Program in Youth Work Practice. She engages in collaborative action and research with community partners on issues such as youth ... Read more

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