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J. Hurdle; Sage V. Eichenburch; Megan Kershner – Journal of Human Sciences & Extension, 2025
4-H is uniquely situated to provide youth with opportunities to learn about citizenship, government, and civic engagement, given its own infrastructural makeup: a federal-state-county partnership. Youth civic engagement is of even greater relevance at present, given the emergent issues seen in society (e.g., aftermath of COVID-19, mental health,…
Descriptors: Youth Clubs, Leadership, Citizen Participation, High School Students
Heather C. Kent – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Volunteer engagement is critical to achieving the mission of volunteer organizations (Boone et al., 2002). Fogarty et al. (2009) found that 4-H volunteers are a mediating factor in achieving positive youth development outcomes and are responsible for teaching at least 50% of the life skills youth gain from participation in the organization. For…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Volunteers, Performance, Independent Study
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Gary Ellis; Jingxian Jiang; Darlene Locke; Patti A. Freeman; Kaylee Jorgensen – Journal of Youth Development, 2022
We introduce a new experience design tool, an experience journey map, to assist youth professionals in planning engagement, immersion, and absorption activities. Experience journey maps are based on customer journey maps, which are widely used in business service design. This new approach highlights strategies for engendering deep structured…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Concept Mapping, Learning Strategies, Performance
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Gonzalez, Maru; White, Alison J.; Vega, Liliana; Howard, Jeff; Kokozos, Michael; Soule, Katherine E. – Journal of Extension, 2020
4-H, as a research-based positive youth development program, should be affirming and inclusive for all youths, including those who are members of LGBTQ+ communities. This article provides 4-H youth development professionals with a series of checklists for supporting LGBTQ+ participation, focusing on systemic advocacy, guidance and protocols,…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, Inclusion, Youth Clubs, Youth Programs
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David, Victoria Dotson – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2014
Today's Cooperative Extension organization continues to face challenges of providing relevant, quality programming in urban communities. Challenges include the ability to build capacity in Extension's urban youth educators to assess and interpret the unique, variable needs of urban clients and to communicate effectively the identified…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Youth Clubs, Capacity Building, Action Research
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Uricchio, Cassandra; Moore, Gary; Coley, Michael – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2013
Corn clubs played an important role in improving agriculture at the turn of the 20th century. Corn clubs were local organizations consisting of boys who cultivated corn on one acre of land under the supervision of a local club leader. The purpose of this historical research study was to document the organization, operation, and outcomes of corn…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Extension Education, Rural Extension, Youth Clubs
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O'Neil, Margaret E.; Fragala-Pinkham, Maria; Ideishi, Roger I.; Ideishi, Siobhan K. – Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 2012
Pediatric physical and occupational therapists are in the unique position to provide therapeutic and health promotion interventions to children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) including those with chronic conditions (such as overweight and obesity) in a variety of settings. In this commentary, the authors share their experiences…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Obesity, Youth Clubs, Health Facilities