New Frontiers for Youth Development in the Twenty-First Century: Revitalizing and Broadening Youth Development

by Melvin Delgado

Overview

Practical guide and theoretical manifesto, New Frontiers for Youth Development is a vital roadmap to the problems and prospects of youth development programs today and in the future.

In response to an unprecedented array of challenges, policy makers and care providers in the field of youth dvevelopment have begun to expand the field both practically and conceptually. This expansion has thus far outstripped comprehensive analysis of the issues it raises, among them the important matter of establishing common standards of legitimacy and competence for practitioners. New Frontiers for Youth Development is an overview of the field designed to foster a better understanding of the multifaceted aspects and inherent tensions of youth development.

Melvin Delgado outlines the broad social forces that affect youth, particularly at-risk or marginalized youth, and the programs designed to address their needs. He stresses the importance of a contextualized approach that avoids rigid standardization and is attuned to the many factors that shape a child's development: cognitive, emotional, physical, moral, social, and spiritual. The key characteristic of youth development in the twenty-first century, Delgado suggests, is the participation of young people as practitioners themselves. Youth must be seen as assets as well as clients, incorporated into the educational process in ways that build character, maturity, and self-confidence.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780231504638
Publisher:	Columbia University Press
Publication date:	06/26/2002
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	375
Lexile:	1220L (what's this?)
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Melvin Delgado is professor of social work and chair of macro-practice at Boston University School of Social Work.

Table of Contents

Part 1. The Practice of Youth Development
1. Setting the Context for the Practice of Youth Development
2. Challenges and Rewards for Youth in the Twenty-first Century
3. Youth Development: Origins and Definitions
4. Youth Development: Approaches and Considerations
5. Youth Development: Principles and Core Elements
6. Youth-development Domains: Families, Peer Groups, Schools, and Community
7. Youth Development: Activities, Settings, Marginalized Youth, and Frameworks
8. Youth Development: Program Evaluation
Part 2. New Frontier Settings
9. The Emergence of New Frontier Settings
10. Museums
11. Libraries
12. Cyberspace
13. Aquariums, Zoos, and Outdoor Adventure
14. Activities
15. Examples of Programs
16. The Recruitment and Engagement of Youth in New Frontier Settings
Part 3. Where Do We Go from Here?
Epilogue
Twelve Key Issues and Tensions

Editorial Reviews

This is an interesting, well-written...book that adds to the academic discussion surrounding the study "youth."

Journal of Social Work - Ian Paylor

A practical guide and a theoretical manifesto... An essential reading for school social workers, child welfare workers, teachers and students.

Canadian Social Work

This is an interesting, well-written...book that adds to the academic discussion surrounding the study "youth.— Ian Paylor

Journal of Social Work