Mixed Garrod, Andrew C; Kilkenny, Robert; Gomez, Christina
11/2013
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Mixedpresents engaging and incisive first-person experiences of what it is like to be multiracial in what is supposedly a postracial world. Bringing together twelve essays by college students who ...identify themselves as multiracial, this book considers what this identity means in a reality that occasionally resembles the post-racial dream of some and at other times recalls a familiar world of racial and ethnic prejudice.
Exploring a wide range of concerns and anxieties, aspirations and ambitions, these young writers, who all attended Dartmouth College, come from a variety of racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Unlike individuals who define themselves as having one racial identity, these students have lived the complexity of their identity from a very young age. InMixed, a book that will benefit educators, students, and their families, they eloquently and often passionately reveal how they experience their multiracial identity, how their parents' race or ethnicity shaped their childhoods, and how perceptions of their race have affected their relationships.
En este artículo indagamos en una de las relaciones más profusamente abordadas por la antropología: la relación entre las familias y la educación de los/as niños/as y jóvenes. Desde un ...posicionamiento que entiende estas vinculaciones como heterogéneas, epocales y locales, abordamos desde un enfoque etnográfico una modalidad específica: "la cooperadora de padres". Nuestros análisis se enmarcan en nuestra investigación doctoral, que analiza etnográficamente los procesos de intervención social para la inclusión de las infancias y las juventudes focalizando en el programa socioeducativo "Orquestas Escuela" de la provincia de Buenos Aires en Argentina. De este modo, a partir de lo documentado en el territorio durante nuestro trabajo de campo (2016-2018), en el que realizamos observación participante y entrevistas en profundidad con una diversidad de sujetos (adultos/as con niños/as y jóvenes a su cargo, docentes, niños/as y jóvenes destinatarios/as, coordinadores, preceptores), problematizamos la "participación" de los/as adultos/ as en la educación de niños/as y jóvenes sosteniendo que esta es significada por los sujetos de manera diferencial, se entrama a sus condiciones de posibilidad y debe ser atendida contextualmente. Daremos cuenta de múltiples presencias de los/as adultos/as en las que ponen en juego sus experiencias, sentidos respecto de lo estatal y lo gubernamental, procesos de configuración y adjudicación de obligaciones y responsabilidades; y construyen así, modalidades de participación locales.
In recent years, young people's behavior has undergone major changes as they have been affected by the crisis that influences their future perspectives and goals. In this context, the demands of ...youth pose a relevant challenge to social work education. To respond to this challenge, social work education programmes should be adapted. Using meta-analysis methods, this article reviews the current situation of educational programmes focused on young people in the field of social work. Four areas were identified as results from the literature review: social work education programmes focused on specific needs, the adoption of ICTs to complement social work education services, the development of children's programmes to address problematic situations in their earlier stages, and proposals for improving educational programmes. The main findings show that most studies focused on improving social work education programmes and analyzing the specific needs of social work users. On the other hand, ICTs are not included in most of the articles selected. These results allow us to identify several key recommendations that will assist social work education programmes in successfully adopting and implementing changes experienced to better meet the needs of young people in their daily practice.
The article deals with youth aggression and the measures taken by the Catholic Church in Italy to prevent this phenomenon. The Catholic Church sees the cause of violence in breaking of traditional ...ties, individualism, moral relativism, fragmentation in postmodern society, in the desire of European States to monopolize and ideologize the education of young people, removing the family from this process and giving it an exclusively secular character. The "gold standard" of Catholic education in Italy is the Salesian pedagogical program. The Catholic Church makes a choice in favour of a preventive educational method, stimulates mentors to abandon the extremes: agnosticism, subjectivism, paternalism, authoritarianism in pedagogy — to prevent unwanted actions or aggression of teenagers. An important place in the theoretical developments of the Church is given to the education of adolescents critical attitude to the media, support for the family, evangelization, protection of traditional values, formation of a humanitariarism
Objectives
This study presents findings from piloting an adapted evidence-based intervention, Stepping Stones and Creating Futures, to change street-connected young people’s HIV knowledge, condom-use ...self-efficacy, and sexual practices.
Methods
Eighty street-connected young people participated in a pre- and post-test mixed methods design in Eldoret, Kenya. The primary outcome of interest was HIV knowledge. Secondary outcomes included condom-use self-efficacy and sexual practices. Multiple linear regression models for change scores with adjustment for socio-demographic variables were fitted. Qualitative and quantitative findings are presented together, where integration confirms, expands on, or uncovers discordant findings.
Results
Participants had a significant increase in HIV knowledge from pre- to post-intervention. The median HIV knowledge score pre-intervention was 11 (IQR 8–13) and post-intervention 14 (IQR 12–16). Attendance was significantly associated with HIV knowledge change scores. Qualitatively participants reported increased HIV and condom-use knowledge and improved condom-use self-efficacy and health-seeking practices.
Conclusions
Our findings support the potential for further testing with a rigorous study design to investigate how best to tailor the intervention, particularly by gender, and increase the overall effectiveness of the program.
Once a predominantly African-American city, South Vista opened the twenty-first century with a large Latino/a majority and a significant population of Pacific Islanders. Using an innovative blend of ...critical ethnography and social language methodologies, Paris offers the voices and experiences of South Vista youth as a window into how today's young people challenge and reinforce ethnic and linguistic difference in demographically changing urban schools and communities. The ways African-American language, Spanish and Samoan are used within and across ethnicity in social and academic interactions, text messages and youth-authored rap lyrics show urban young people enacting both new and old visions of pluralist cultural spaces. Paris illustrates how understanding youth communication, ethnicity and identities in changing urban landscapes like South Vista offers crucial avenues for researchers and educators to push for more equitable schools and a more equitable society.
Foreword and acknolwedgements Acronyms and abbreviations Assessment and policy options Executive summary Chapter 1. Labour market and educational outcomes of youth in Sweden Chapter 2. ...Characteristics of youth not in employment, education or training (NEETs) in Sweden Chapter 3. Benefits receipt and youth poverty in Sweden Chapter 4. Raising school completion rates and providing high-quality professional training in Sweden Chapter 5. Guaranteeing employment or training options for NEETs in Sweden.
Bernice Wong's Learning about Learning Disabilities was the first text to give equal attention to the intellectual, conceptual, and practical aspects of learning disabilities. The Third Edition of ...this popular title presents 80% new material, keeping the chapters up to date in this fast-moving field. With new contributors, and seven new chapters, coverage is both comprehensive and thorough, with three sections encompassing the research aspects of learning disabilities, the instructional aspects of learning disabilities, and the issues germane to different age ranges of the learning disabled: children, adolescents, and adults.Chapters summarizing research on learning disabilities include coverage of ADHD, memory, language processing, social competence, self-regulation, and brain structures as they apply to learning disabilities. Chapters focusing on instructional aspects of learning disabilities include coverage of teaching literacy, reading comprehension, writing, and mathematics.Readers will find Learning About Learning Disabilities, Third edition suitable for use as a reference source for researchers or a graduate level text.Reviews from previous editions:"An undergraduate text that strikes a careful balance between the intellectual (psychological) and practical aspects of learning disabilities."-BOOK NEWS, INC."This text provides a balanced focus on both the conceptual and practical aspects of learning disabilities. Its research coverage is more comprehensive and of greater depth than any other LD textbook, and it is distinctive in its treatment of such important areas as consultation skills and service delivery."-CHILD ASSESSMENT NEWS"Learning About Learning Disabilities provides a broad overview of some important issues in relation to the education and development of pupils with learning disabilities... Wong has succeeded in providing detailed descriptions and comments within a book which covers a broad range of topics. Without exception the chapters are clearly written and accessible, and many provide the reader with challenging ideas and practical suggestions."-BRITISH JOURNAL OF SPECIAL EDUCATION
* Provides a balanced focus on both the conceptual and the practical aspects of learning disabilities. * Research coverage more comprehensive and of greater depth than any other textbook about learning disabilities * The work is distinctive in its treatment of such important areas as consultation skills and service delivery
This paper explores a collaborative program focused on identifying the role of archaeology in heritage education and management delivered under cultural leadership. The method of delivery and ...teaching is reflexive and adaptive, via on-ground conservation projects that have tangible social outcomes focused on empowering Alaskan Native youth. A case study from the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska examines how action-oriented education, via conservation, is critical to the development of a more socially relevant archaeology. At the same time, the program ensures the archaeological process links with the transmission of Indigenous Knowledge Systems and the incorporation of local cultural structures for practical landscape management.