Process over Product: How Creative Youth Development Can Lead to Peace

Autor/in	Jacobs, Adam
Titel	Process over Product: How Creative Youth Development Can Lead to Peace
Quelle	In: Afterschool Matters, (2019) 29, S.1-8 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	After School Programs; Summer Programs; Creative Activities; Youth Programs; Art Activities; STEM Education; Science Activities; Games; Athletics; Student Development; Peace; Critical Thinking; Interpersonal Competence; Skill Development; New York (New York) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm; Sommerkurs; Jugendsofortprogramm; Künstlerische Tätigkeit; STEM; Game; Spiel; Spiele; Leichtathletik; Frieden; Kritisches Denken; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung
Abstract	Kids Creative is a New York City nonprofit that runs afterschool and summer programs with over 1,000 youth each year. The programs they run use this creativity-oriented process to produce original musicals, works of art, videos, dances, and more. When Kids Creative received grant funding, they were able to include more youth and add homework help, science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) activities, and sports to their arts offerings. Throughout this expansion, they have maintained their process-oriented educational structures. Whether they are creating a musical play or a Lego robot, playing chess or learning a martial art, all participants have a voice as contributors and collaborators. At Kids Creative, the arts, science, and sports are vehicles for individual and community growth. Kids Creative see themselves as a creative youth development (CYD) program engaged in peace education. Their vision is that "a better, more peaceful future is achievable by teaching youth the creative, critical thinking, and social skills necessary to make peace within themselves and in society." Their process-oriented approach to creativity builds what Elise Boulding (2000) calls a "peace culture." She writes, "Peace cultures thrive on and are nourished by visions of how things might be, in a world where sharing and caring are part of the accepted lifeways for everyone" (p. 29). The author, a co-founder of Kids Creative, examines what is a creative youth development and how Kids Creative supports a peace culture. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Institute on Out-of-School Time. Wellesley Centers for Women, 106 Central Street, Wellesley, MA 02481. Tel: 781-283-2547; Fax: 781-283-3657; e-mail: niost@wellesley.edu; Web site: http://www.niost.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01