Abstract
This article represents a new feature in The Journal where each volume will invite youth workers and their youth work professors to submit projects that are developed as a part of core child and youth care courses being offered in universities across the country. This article reports the pilot and exploratory research on trends in youth work and education conducted by ten students working towards their bachelor’s degree in applied development with a concentration in child and youth care work. Sixteen national leaders in youth work were interviewed, and data was analyzed by the faculty and students together to provide an apprenticeship in evidenced-based practice scholarship. Structured using pilot and exploratory qualitative procedures and techniques, this study reports on challenges for the future of the youth work profession, opportunities for change, and the potential role for youth work to ensure educational success and lifelong learning.
Highlights
This article reports results from a pilot study conducted by the faculty and the youth work students at the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Education
The Pitt School of Education has a concentration in child and youth care work with bachelors and masters degrees in applied development
A central feature for the concentration is an intensive course, The Core of Child and Youth Care Work, which features evidence-based practices organized around the core competencies for child and youth care (Mattingly, Stuart, & Vander Ven, 2002)
Summary
Copywright 2010 by the National Organization of Child Care Worker Associations, Inc./0741-9481. Schneider-Muñoz University of Pittsburgh School of Education, Department of Psychology in Education, Concentration in Child and Youth Work. Fasano Undergraduate Research Assistant, University of Pittsburgh School of Education, Youth Worker, Pressley Ridge School for the Deaf
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