Guided Participation in Three Youth Activism Organizations: Facilitation, Apprenticeship, and Joint Work

Autor/in	Kirshner, Ben
Titel	Guided Participation in Three Youth Activism Organizations: Facilitation, Apprenticeship, and Joint Work
Quelle	In: Journal of the Learning Sciences, 17 (2008) 1, S.60-101 (42 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1050-8406
Schlagwörter	Empowerment; Neighborhoods; Working Class; Social Action; Service Learning; Activism; Multiracial Persons; Ethnography; Youth Programs; Community Programs; Citizen Participation; Profiles; Interviews; Intergenerational Programs; Constructivism (Learning); Active Learning; Apprenticeships + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Arbeiterklasse; Soziales Handeln; Service-Learning; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Mischling; Ethnografie; Jugendsofortprogramm; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Aktives Lernen; Apprenticeship; Lehre
Abstract	Multiracial youth activism groups, based in working class and poor neighborhoods, seek to improve social conditions by organizing grassroots campaigns. Campaigns such as these, which require sophisticated planning, organizing, and advocacy skills, are noteworthy not just for their political impact, but also because of the insights they provide about learning environments outside of school. In this study I adopted Rogoff's (2003) theory of guided participation as a lens through which to analyze adult approaches to working with youth and how these approaches relate to opportunities for youth to participate in social action. Drawing on 2 years of ethnographic fieldwork in 3 multiracial activism groups, I found that adults managed tensions between youth empowerment principles and the task demands of campaigns in 3 distinct ways: facilitation, apprenticeship, and joint work. This analysis is relevant to educators who wish to support youth participation in mature social practices and researchers interested in elective learning environments. (Contains 6 footnotes, 1 figure and 7 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10