After-School Matters in Chicago: Apprenticeship as a Model for Youth Programming

Autor/in	Halpern, Robert
Titel	After-School Matters in Chicago: Apprenticeship as a Model for Youth Programming
Quelle	In: Youth & Society, 38 (2006) 2, S.203-235 (33 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0044-118X
DOI	10.1177/0044118X06288912
Schlagwörter	Youth Programs; Apprenticeships; After School Programs; Urban Areas; High School Students; Adolescent Development; Developmental Tasks; Experiential Learning; Behavior Change; Self Concept; Illinois + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Jugendsofortprogramm; Apprenticeship; Lehre; After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm; Urban area; Stadtregion; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Entwicklungsaufgabe; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Selbstkonzept
Abstract	In this article, the author draws on a study of an after-school initiative serving inner-city high school students to describe and reflect on ways in which apprenticeship-like experiences support work on a variety of developmental tasks. The author describes key dimensions of the apprenticeship experience, discusses challenges faced by instructors, and reflects on possible effects on participants. Findings suggest that, in addition to strengthening discipline-specific knowledge and skills and, more selectively, skills needed for carrying out complex tasks, apprenticeship-like learning experiences have interesting self-effects. These experiences lead at least some apprentices to take more responsibility for themselves, to learn to attend more deeply, to learn about themselves, to learn that it is OK to do new things, and to learn that expressing one's thoughts, emotions, or doubts honestly will not have negative consequences. At the same time, apprentices' growth is tentative. Shifting habits, predispositions, and dominant feelings (about oneself and others) is difficult work. (Contains 3 notes.) (Author).
Anmerkungen	SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10