Pursuing Interests and Getting Involved: Exploring the Conditions of Sponsorship in Youth Learning

Autor/inn/en	Allen, Carrie D.; DiGiacomo, Daniella; Van Horne, Katie; Penuel, William R.
Titel	Pursuing Interests and Getting Involved: Exploring the Conditions of Sponsorship in Youth Learning
Quelle	In: Digital Education Review, (2018) 33, S.120-129 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2013-9144
Schlagwörter	Youth; Student Interests; Case Studies; Interviews; Student Surveys; Youth Programs; Adolescents; Longitudinal Studies; Student Participation; Foreign Countries; United States; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Studieninteresse; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Schülerbefragung; Jugendsofortprogramm; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Ausland; USA; Kanada
Abstract	The phenomenon of "brokering"--or connecting youth to present or future opportunities--is now well known in the field of learning and youth development as an integral part of how and why youth pursue and remain in particular interest-related learning opportunities. More recently, the related term sponsorship refers to the multiple ways in which youth experience brokering-like moments related to their interests. This article aims to better understand how sponsorship functions in the everyday conduct of youths' lives, as well as if and how sponsorship mediates young people's sustained participation and planned future in relation to their interest(s). We leverage a longitudinal data set collected over three years of youth participation in interest-related activities to retrospectively understand sponsorship within the existing conditions of young people's lives, including youth interest and access to program resources. Findings suggest that "interest" was often not the initial driver for youth entering an activity, but that youth joined activities based on other perceived benefits. Once involved, however, they found themselves developing skills, making friends, and seeing a possible future in the activity. We conclude with design principles intended to support young people in joining an activity, sustaining their participation, and seeing new possibilities for their futures. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Universitat de Barcelona. Passeig de la Vall d'Hebron 171, Edifici Llevant P3, Barcelona, 08035 Spain. e-mail: der@greav.net; Web site: http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/der
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01