Designs and Methods for Youth-Led Research
- Melvin Delgado - Boston University, USA, Boston University of Social Work, USA, Boston University School of Social Work
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Key Features:
- Brings together the worlds of practice and academia by providing numerous examples of field-based youth-led research projects
- Encourages a partnership between youth and adults to facilitate mutual respect and give young people the opportunity to make significant and lasting contributions to the creation of solutions to many of their concerns and needs
- Examines future challenges in the field to help develop programs that will enrich tomorrow's youth
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.
A useful introduction to an area of research which is surprisingly under developed. It maps some of the literature which does exist alongside suggestions for practice in areas such as training, community mapping, funding and so on.