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A Youth Perspective: The 4-H Teen's Leadership Identity Development Journey
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Sarah A. Bush; Jeremy Elliott-Engel; Shannon Wiley; Tonya T. Price – Journal of Human Sciences & Extension, 2022
A current focus of youth-serving organizations is youth leadership development with an objective of helping youth become productive contributors to society. 4-H is a leading organization in the effort to expose youth to leadership opportunities. This study examined the leadership identity development of 4-H youth serving in statewide leadership…
Descriptors: Youth Leaders, Leadership Training, Youth Programs, Adolescents
Engaging Youth as Community Leaders in Outdoor Education Research, Program Design, and Evaluation
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Schmidt, Alayna M.; Bobilya, Andrew J. – Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership, 2022
When considering community impacts of outdoor education (OE), youth are community members, leaders, and experts who can and should be meaningfully involved in the design and evaluation of OE programs and research that impact them. Ensuring youth have agency in these processes can create opportunities for building community (Brennan, 2008), making…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Leadership Training, Program Design, Program Evaluation
A Conceptual Model for Youth-Led Programs as a Promising Approach to Early Childhood Care and Education
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Ponguta, Liliana Angelica; Rasheed, Muneera Abdul; Reyes, Chin Regina; Yousafzai, Aisha Khizar – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2018
The international community has set forth global targets that include calls for universal access to high-quality early childhood care and education (ECCE), as indicated in the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals. One major impediment to achieving this target is the lack of a skilled workforce. In this paper, we argue the case for…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Models, Youth Leaders, Youth Programs
Using Portfolios in a Responsibility-Based Youth Development Program for Establishing Routines, Assessment and Data Collection
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McCarthy, John M.; Ettl Rodriguez, Fritz I.; Altieri, Val C., Jr. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2018
This article describes how one strength and conditioning youth development program implements the teaching personal and social responsibility (TPSR) framework with a portfolio-based system. Some scholars have noted that using portfolios helps connect assessment to instruction by promoting individualized learning for students. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Program Implementation, Portfolio Assessment, Youth Programs
A Systematic Approach to Leadership Development.
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Boyce, V. Milton – 1971
The 4-H program is dependent upon adult volunteer leaders to carry out its work. During the decade of the 1970s, this program hopes to double its educational effort. In order to do this, the number of volunteer leaders will have to double also. To accomplish this, a leadership development process to be used in helping 4-H agents effectively…
Descriptors: Adults, Educational Programs, Extension Agents, Guidelines
Youth Participation in Youth Development.
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Kothari, Roshani – 1996
Frequently, adults organize and implement youth projects without involving youth in the process. However, youth should be involved in problem identification and program design because they understand the needs of their peers and how to reach them effectively. This paper examines youth participation as a process for bringing about effective youth…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, American Indians, Case Studies