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Publication Date: 2020
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'We're Like Family and Stuff Like That': Relationships in After-School Programs
English, Alan
Educational Considerations, v46 n1 Article 5 2020
After-school programs have been demonstrated or theorized to be associated with a wide variety of positive youth outcomes and have become a more widely-accepted aspect of the greater educational system. One of the most commonly-cited vehicles for these positive outcomes is relationships developed within the after-school program. This paper investigated youth perception of after-school program relationships through a phenomenological case study. Analysis of interview, observation, and artifact data indicated the potential for the individual positionalities with which youth approach involvement in after-school program relationships to dramatically impact youth outcomes. Consequentially, these individual positionalities need to be considered when developing conceptualizations and real-world policy concerning relationships in after-school programs.
Descriptors: After School Programs, Adolescent Attitudes, Religion, Private Financial Support, Peer Relationship, Interpersonal Relationship, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Interpersonal Competence, Social Development
Kansas State University, College of Education. Available from: New Prairie Press. Kansas State University Libraries, 1117 Mid-Campus Drive North, Manhattan, KS 66506. Tel: 785-532-7444; e-mail: nppress@ksu.edu; Web site: http://newprairiepress.org/edconsiderations/
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Language: English
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