TY  - BOOK
AU  - Delgado,Melvin
TI  - Designs and methods for youth-led research
SN  - 1412915287
AV  - HQ796 .D392 2006
U1  - 305.2355072073 22
PY  - 2006///]
CY  - Thousand Oaks
PB  - SAGE Publications
KW  - Youth
KW  - Research
KW  - United States
KW  - Youth development
KW  - Social sciences
KW  - Methodology
KW  - Services for
KW  - Social participation
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-290) and index; 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
N2  - 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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