Empowering Gifted and Talented Youth: The "N" Youth Activity Precinct

Autor/inn/en	Donnison, Sharn; Marshman, Margaret
Titel	Empowering Gifted and Talented Youth: The "N" Youth Activity Precinct
Quelle	In: Australasian Journal of Gifted Education, 27 (2018) 1, S.47-58 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1323-9686
Schlagwörter	Gifted; Talent Development; Student Empowerment; Individual Development; Problem Based Learning; Community Problems; Recreational Facilities; Partnerships in Education; Community Recreation Programs; Youth; Youth Opportunities; Youth Programs; Focus Groups; Disadvantaged Youth; Foreign Countries; Action Research; Participatory Research; Interviews; Elementary School Students; Secondary School Students; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Begabter, Hoch Begabter; Begabtenförderung; Talentförderung; Studienberechtigung; Individuelle Entwicklung; Problem-based learning; Problemorientiertes Lernen; Freizeiteinrichtung; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Jugendsofortprogramm; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Ausland; Projektforschung; Forschungstätigkeit; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Sekundarschüler; Australien
Abstract	This paper details the psychosocial changes in a group of gifted and talented middle-years students who engaged in solving a community-based problem--the lack of a teenage-safe space in their regional Queensland town ("N"). Supported by a Knowledge Producing Schools pedagogy, the young people worked with their local council, teachers, a university mathematics educator, and a university design student to design and create a Youth Activity Precinct that included a skate park and public recreational facilities. Using the Most Significant Change technique, stories told by the students about their involvement during focus group interviews were examined. The data showed that the students had become more confident, developed a sense of pride in themselves and their achievements, and importantly, had developed a sense of empowerment which manifested as active and engaged citizenship. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Australian Association for the Education of the Gifted and Talented. School of Education, The University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052, Australia. e-mail: EditorAJGE@aaegt.net.au; Web site: http://www.aaegt.net.au/?page_id=736
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01