Jeffs / Smith Youth Work Practice

2. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-137-03994-1
Verlag: Macmillan Education
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Ebook (PDF)

Reihe: Practical Social Work Series

A contemporary reflection on current practice, this book gets to the heart of what 'youth work' is about. It provides an in-depth overview and analysis of practice,addressing the many experiences of working with young people through insightful chapters written by practitioners themselves.

Zielgruppe

Lower undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jeffs, Tony

Smith, Mark K.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Note on Terms.- Introducing Youth Work; T.Jeffs& M.K.Smith.- Relationships, Friendships and Youth Work; H.Blacker.- Engaging in Conversation; H.Smith.- Being With an Other as a Professional Practitioner: Uncovering the Nature of Working with Individuals; D.Collander-Brown.- The Cultivation ofGifts in all Directions: Thinking About Purpose; D.Forrest.- Programmes, Programming and Practice; R.Gilchrist.- Activities in Youth Work; S.Harte.- Advising and Mentoring; G.MacLeod.- Enhancing Group Life and Association; G.Patton.- Working With Faith; H.Nurden.- Managing and DevelopingYouth Work; G.Millar.- Sustaining Ourselves and Our Enthusiasm; C.Pugh.- Monitoring and Evaluating Youth Work; J.Rose.- Conclusion; T.Jeffs& M.K.Smith.

Über Autor(innen)

TONY JEFFS is an Honorary Lecturer at Durham University, UK, and Visiting Tutor at Ruskin College, Oxford, and Bedfordshire University, UK. Amongst his many publications are Young People and the Youth Service (1979); Youth Work (1988 with Mark Smith); Henry Morris (1999) Informal Education (1999 with Mark Smith) and Essays in the History of Youth Work (2001) and Architects of Change. Studies in the history of community and youth work (2004) (both edited with Ruth Gilchrist and Jean Spence). Tony is Editor of the journal Youth and Policy.MARK K. SMITH specializes in the field of informal education and community learning. He is the Rank Research Fellow and Tutor at YMCA George Williams College, London, UK, and has been a Visiting Professor in Community Education, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. He has worked as a careers officer, youth and community worker, and project worker. He studied economics and politics at the University of Lancaster, and did his doctorate in the philosophy of education at the University of London.