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Youth mentoring and spiritual development [PDF]

open access: possibleNew Directions for Youth Development, 2008
AbstractMentoring through faith‐based programs could reach some of the most severely disadvantaged youth, yet efforts could be undermined if proselytizing occurs.
Chan, CS, Rhodes, JE
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Development in youth enterprises

New Directions for Youth Development, 2012
AbstractBusiness enterprises run by youth can create jobs and teach the principles of free enterprise but also convey skills that can be used by employees in large companies, as well as political activists and entrepreneurs. Research is needed to test the efficacy of this approach and identify its key components.
Mary Agnes Hamilton, Stephen F. Hamilton
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Positive Youth Development

Advancing Responsible Adolescent Development
Chang Shumin, Zhang Wenxin
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Youth Purpose and Positive Youth Development

2011
This chapter reviews research and findings on youth purpose as it relates to positive youth development (PYD) and thriving. The authors note that purpose is defined in multiple ways in the youth development literature, including one-dimensional and multi-dimensional definitions, and those that combine purpose with other constructs, like meaning ...
Julie Going, Jenni Menon Mariano
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Positive Youth Development

2017
This chapter examines the relationship between urban environmental education and positive youth development. It first defines positive youth development and applies it to environmental education before discussing three programs from Australia and the United States that illustrate different pedagogies for integrating positive youth development in ...
Schusler, Tania M   +2 more
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East New York Farms: Youth Participation in Community Development and Urban Agriculture

Children, Youth and Environments, 2023
:The East New York Farms! (ENY Farms!) project is a community development venture in Brooklyn, New York. Besides providing the community with fresh affordable produce, encouraging local economic development, and preserving safe public spaces, the project
Yvonne Hung
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Reframing Marginalization and Youth Development: Introduction to the Special Issue

American Psychologist, 2018
The field of developmental science was revolutionized, in part, by the publication of García Coll and colleagues’ (1996) integrative model for the study of developmental competencies in minority children. Nevertheless, much work remains as changes within
José M. Causadias, A. Umaña‐Taylor
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An integrative review of sport-based youth development literature

Young People and Sport, 2017
Sport is frequently regarded as an effectual mechanism for promoting positive youth development (PYD). However, this connection is not inherent, and depends upon a variety of programmatic and contextual factors. To help elucidate these linkages, scholars
Gareth J. Jones   +4 more
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Youth activity involvement and positive youth development

2011
Participation in high quality out-of-school-time activities constitutes a significant portion of the time that many youth spend away from their families or school settings, and current theory and research suggests that activity participation can be an influential contextual asset for promoting adaptive outcomes for youth. Therefore, the purpose of this
Jennifer Brown Urban   +2 more
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Youth Development, Sport, and Youth Leadership

2009
Professional preparation and in-service training for coaches, physical education teachers, youth workers, and other physical activity program leaders are key factors in the development of quality youth programs. Historically, professional preparation has been uneven and sometimes nonexistent.
Don Hellison, Thomas J. Martinek
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