Designs and methods for youth-led research / Melvin Delgado.

By:

Delgado, Melvin [author.]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

1412915287
9781412915281
0761930442
9780761930440

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

305.2355072073 22

LOC classification:

HQ796 .D392 2006

Contents:

Pt. I. Setting the context -- 1. Overview -- 2. Conceptual foundation for youth involvement -- Pt. II. Youth as researchers : approaches and considerations -- 3. Guiding goals, principles, objectives, and outcomes of youth-led research -- 4. Youth research competencies : attitudes, knowledge, and skills -- 5. Continuum of youth involvement in research -- 6. Youth-led research and methods -- 7. Initiating and sustaining youth-led research -- 8. Ethical conduct and decision making -- 9. Funding of community research and program evaluation -- Pt. III. Field examples -- 10. Field examples of youth-led community research -- Pt. IV. Future challenges -- 11. Challenges and implications for practice -- 12. Epilogue.

Summary: Provides both practitioners and academics with a foundation from which to plan and implement social research and program evaluation projects that place youth in central roles.Review: "Designs and Methods for Youth-Led Research provides students and practitioners with a foundation from which to plan and implement social research and program evaluation projects that place youth in central roles. In this text, author Melvin Delgado emphasizes how youth-led research is much more than research undertaken by youth" - it represents a profound political and social statement about making relevant research result in significant changes to programs in the field of youth services." "Designs and Methods for Youth-Led Research is an excellent textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate students studying youth development in a variety of social work, psychology, education, and social research courses. It is also a valuable resource for practitioners in the fields of youth development and youth services."--BOOK JACKET.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	North Campus North Campus Main Collection	305.2355072073 DEL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		A325823B

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-290) and index.

Provides both practitioners and academics with a foundation from which to plan and implement social research and program evaluation projects that place youth in central roles.

"Designs and Methods for Youth-Led Research provides students and practitioners with a foundation from which to plan and implement social research and program evaluation projects that place youth in central roles. In this text, author Melvin Delgado emphasizes how youth-led research is much more than research undertaken by youth" - it represents a profound political and social statement about making relevant research result in significant changes to programs in the field of youth services." "Designs and Methods for Youth-Led Research is an excellent textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate students studying youth development in a variety of social work, psychology, education, and social research courses. It is also a valuable resource for practitioners in the fields of youth development and youth services."--BOOK JACKET.

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