SAFER than SAFE: China Club as a Model of a Positive After-School Initiative

Autor/inn/en	Cassidy, Claire; Santoro, Ninetta
Titel	SAFER than SAFE: China Club as a Model of a Positive After-School Initiative
Quelle	In: Pedagogies: An International Journal, 15 (2020) 1, S.1-17 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Cassidy, Claire) ORCID (Santoro, Ninetta)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1554-480X
DOI	10.1080/1554480X.2019.1673166
Schlagwörter	Mandarin Chinese; Clubs; Extracurricular Activities; Confucianism; Asian Culture; Foreign Countries; Cultural Education; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Secondary School Students; Student Attitudes; Individual Development; Social Development; Program Descriptions; Program Effectiveness; Case Studies; Ethnography; United Kingdom (Scotland) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Club; Klub; Außerunterrichtliche Aktivität; Konfuzianismus; Ausland; Culture; Education; Kulturelle Bildung; Kulturelle Erziehung; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Sekundarschüler; Schülerverhalten; Individuelle Entwicklung; Soziale Entwicklung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Ethnografie
Abstract	This article reports on a study that investigated the effectiveness of one out-of-school activity: "China Club". China Club, an initiative of Scotland's National Centre for Languages and the Confucius Institute for Scotland's Schools, was established with the central aim of teaching Mandarin language and Chinese culture to young people from a secondary school in the West of Scotland. The article explores the success of China Club against criteria established in 2007 by Durlak and Weissberg to ascertain programme success, that is, how well the programme is: sequenced; active; focused; explicit (SAFE). We took an ethnographic case study approach, complemented by interviews with pupils, teachers and those leading the programme to investigate the effectiveness of China Club. We argue that the China Club has all the elements of a SAFE programme. Further, we suggest that more than these four factors are necessary if an out-of-school initiative is to move successfully beyond academic skills development to the personal and social growth of the individuals involved. We conclude that initiatives must also foster and include the opportunity for the development of effective relationships (R). (As Provided).
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Update	2022/1/01