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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"youth development programs"”.
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A Rubric for Assessing High School Youth Development Programs
<p>This study establishes what the standards of a youth development program are and evaluates three youth development programs at a rural high school using these standards. The study sample includes the advisors and students from the Future Farmers of America (FFA) Mathematics, Engineering, and …
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The Formation, Nature, and Utilization of Youth-Adult Contacts Made in Youth Development Programs
… their implications on theory and practice in the youth development field, and their potential impact on future research.
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The Development of Science Identity: An Evaluation of Youth Development Programs at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago
… evaluation of informal scientific education programs at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Illinois. Science identity, rather than scientific knowledge, was the analytic lens through which the programs' effectiveness was assessed. A goal of the Museum generally, and the programs …
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Principal Motives of Positive Youth-Adult Relationships: A Model for Identifying the Motives of Adult Volunteers and Youth-Adult Relationships in Physical Activity-Based Youth Development Programs
The field of positive youth development has evolved in response to the growing effort to provide youth with safe and healthful activities during leisure time. Physical activity-based youth development programs (PA-based YDPs) utilize a range of individual and team sports and physical activities as …
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Testing a U.S. Mexican cultural value transmission model of maternal socialization of youth civic responsibility values and prosocial behaviors
Youth are taught the values that their culture considers important through socialization and cultural values, such as civic responsibility, that can serve as a guide for future social behaviors. One set of social behaviors relevant to such values are prosocial behaviors, or actions intended to …
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An Analysis of Appreciative Inquiry as Organizational Development for an Alternative School
<p>Schools and youth development programs are continually under pressure to reform and improve. Recent scholarship in the organizational development field suggests that a post modern approach to such efforts may yield new and generative results. Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is an Action Research …
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The Need for a Gender Neutrality Policy in One State's 4-H Program
… and non-binary identities are needed in youth development programs to create a truly inclusive program and a sense of belonging for all youth. This study explored if and how written statewide policies regarding gender- neutrality can most effectively serve members, agents, and volunteers …
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Photo Elicitation as a Research Method to Assess Adolescent Girls’ Perceptions of the Climate in a Positive Youth Development Program
… girls’ perceptions of the climate in a positive youth development/physical activity program called Strong Girls. Strong Girls pairs college female students as mentors with female middle school students. The two-hour weekly program takes place on a college campus, and is built around creating a …
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How Can We Prepare the Coming Generation for Change Making? A Qualitative Study Exploring Strategies for Fostering Transformational Leadership Development Among Youth and Young Professionals
… have explored this domain with regard to the youth population. Meanwhile, the proliferation of wicked problems around the world has necessitated the involvement of youth in transformational leadership activities. Therefore, this study explores strategies for fostering transformational …
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The Dilemmas Youth Workers Face Regarding Families of Participants
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