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Michael Kokozos; Maru Gonzalez – Journal of Extension, 2024
Youth-adult partnerships are a powerful means to nurture and amplify youths' voices and create social change. Drawing on our own framework, critical positive youth development, and our experience pilot testing the #PassTheMicYouth curriculum, we identified four promising practices to cultivate youth-adult partnerships. 4-H professionals can use…
Descriptors: Social Change, Partnerships in Education, Interpersonal Relationship, Student Empowerment
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James, Anthony G. – Journal of Extension, 2017
Extension youth development professionals benefit from having theoretically based, easy-to-use tools for promoting goal-setting behaviors in youths. The Youth Goal-Setting Map provides practitioners with a mechanism for helping youth develop attributes that place them on a pathway to thriving. This article provides the Youth Goal-Setting Map tool,…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Youth Opportunities, Goal Orientation, Achievement Need
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Borden, Lynne M.; Perkins, Daniel F.; Hawkey, Kyle – Journal of Extension, 2014
The 4-H Program within Cooperative Extension is more than 100 years old. As we celebrate 100 years of Cooperative Extension, the foundation built by the 4-H Program serves as grounds to meet the needs of today's youth. The diversity of the youth who participate continues to grow, families continue to become less traditional, potential…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Extension Education, Cooperative Education, Educational Change
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Ashton, Carolyn; Arnold, Mary E.; Wells, Elissa E. – Journal of Extension, 2010
4-H has long emphasized the importance of civic engagement and community service for positive youth development. One pathway to this ideal is youth action research and evaluation. This article demonstrates how participatory youth research and evaluation can lead to the successful implementation of community action projects. It describes the…
Descriptors: Action Research, Community Action, Citizen Participation, Youth Programs
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Conklin-Ginop, Evelyn; Braverman, Marc T.; Caruso, Robyn; Bone, Dennis – Journal of Extension, 2011
4-H Bloco Drum and Dance is an afterschool program that teaches adolescents drumming, dancing, and theater arts in the rich traditions of Brazilian Carnaval. Teens learn to express themselves in a variety of modalities and perform at community events. The program was developed by a community coalition that included 4-H, other youth programs, and…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Theater Arts, Dance, Program Evaluation
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Stephenson, Garry; Morford, Shawn; Berry, Holly – Journal of Extension, 2002
The Mill City/Gates Youth Development Project operated as a youth-at-risk program in a timber-dependent community during the timber crisis of the early 1990s. Evaluations indicate the youth activities were effective. Community support structures created by the project continue to operate 5 years after the end of funding, indicating a successful…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Community Development, High Risk Students