After-school programs to promote positive youth development. learning from specific models /: learning from specific models. Volume 2 : ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Nancy L. Deutsch, editor.
• Editors: Deutsch, Nancy L
• Contents: Summer learning programs : investigating strengths and challenges / Georgia Hall, Kristen Fay Poston and Julie Dennehy -- Universal challenges, specific contexts : insights from looking within and across different after-school settings / Valerie A. Futch Ehrlich, Jackie Bright, Rita DeBate, Carol Freeman, Paul C. Harris, Barton J. Hirsch, Sibley Johns, Ellen Markowitz, Gil G. Noam, James Pierce, Jean E. Rhodes and Kala Somerville -- Specialized after-school programs : five case studies / Melissa K. Levy, Brenda Abanavas, Gail Breslow, Gregg Croteau, Erin Harris, Sarah Hernholm, Edith C. Lawrence and Beth Panilaitis. Preface; References; Executive Summary; Reference; Contents; Editor and Contributors; 1 Summer Learning Programs: Investigating Strengths and Challenges; Introduction; Summer Learning Loss: Why It Matters; Summer Learning Program Components; Project-based Learning; Integration of Academic and Enrichment Experiences; Partnership Between Schools and Local Organizations; Partnership Structure; Qualities of Successful Partnerships; High Quality Teaching; Connecting Summer Learning Programs and Youth Outcomes; Limitations and Gaps in Understanding of Summer Learning Experiences. Conceptual ChallengesMethodological Challenges; The Role of Summer Learning in Education Reform and Broader Youth Development Initiatives; Summary; References; 2 Universal Challenges, Specific Contexts: Insights from Looking Within and Across Different After-School Settings; Workshop Participants and Process; Challenges (and Opportunities) Across Different Types of Programs; Critical Challenge: What does it all mean? Data, Accountability, and Indirect Effects; Critical Challenge: Privileging Youth Voice; Critical Challenge: Skills Delivered or Development Facilitated? Critical Challenge: Decreased Participation in AdolescenceA Holistic View of Youth: Challenges and Opportunities Raised by Specific Programs; STEM; Arts-Based Programs; Sports-Based Programs; Educational Empowerment Interventions; Mentoring Programs; Comprehensive After-School Centers; Conclusion; References; 3 Specialized After-School Programs: Five Case Studies; Introduction; Case Study 1: UTEC; Need Identified; Challenges Faced and How Addressed; Program Development; Evaluation Methods; Outcomes to Date; Case Study 2: Whatever It Takes (WIT); Need Identified; Program Development. Challenges Faced and How AddressedOutcomes to Date; Youth Outcomes; Project Outcomes; Assessments Used; Case Study 3: The Clubhouse: Where Technology Meets Imagination; Program Development; Need Identified; Challenges Faced and How Addressed; Outcomes and Policy Implications; Conclusion; Case Study 4: ROSMY's Trans* Youth Support Group: Addressing the Emerging Needs of Trans* Youth; Need Identified; Program Development; Challenges Faced and How Addressed; Outcomes to Date; Case Study 5: The Young Women Leaders Program; Need Identified; Challenges Faced and How Addressed; Program Development. Outcomes to DateConclusions; Conclusion; References; Index.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 371.8; Psychology; After-school programs; Youth development -- United States; EDUCATION -- Administration -- General; EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions; After-school programs; Youth development; Social Science -- Sociology -- Marriage & Family; Medical -- Public Health; Sociology: family & relationships; Public health & preventive medicine; Developmental psychology; Psychology -- Developmental -- Child; Child & developmental psychology; United States; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319591414
• Related ISBNs: 331959141X; 9783319591407; 3319591401
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 18, 2017).
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