Youth Development’s 100 Year Legacy: Lessons to shape future research and practice

Posted by on February 06, 2012

Youth Development’s 100 Year Legacy: Lessons to shape future research and practice

DATE: February 13, 2012

TIME: 12:30-2:00 EST, 11:30-1:00 CST, 10:30-12:00 MST, 9:30-11:00 PST

COST: Free, but registration is mandatory. To register for this webinar, go to: http://www.regonline.com/YD100

Youth development is often described as an “emerging field.” Yet youth development principles have long been at the core of community-based youth-serving organizations. In the past 100 years, youth development practice has evolved and there have been advancements in youth development research. What are the key trends, major contributions and core issues that frame the field’s “coming of age”?

The current issue of the Journal of Youth Development commemorates the 100th anniversary of many national youth-serving organizations. In ten articles, authors reflect on research trends and influential contributions over time as well as on issues of practice that continue to evolve and challenge the field. The volume concludes with two commentaries about future directions for field-building.

Please join this webinar on the special issue of the Journal of Youth Development. Guest editors Michelle Gambone, Joyce Walker and Kate Walker will engage commentary authors Dale Blyth and Reed Larson in a discussion of the historical context and three themes for the 21st century:

The impact of divergent perspectives on youth development,
The value of translational scholarship, and
The importance of leveraging systems support.

PRESENTERS:

Dale Blyth, PhD, Extension professor, School of Social Work and Director, Youth Work Institute, a joint venture of Extension and the College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota
Michelle Gambone, PhD, president of Youth Development Strategies, Inc., a not-for-profit policy research and technical assistance organization
Reed Larson, PhD, professor of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Joyce Walker, PhD, professor and youth development educator, University of Minnesota Extension Center for Youth Development (retired)
Kate Walker, PhD, research associate, University of Minnesota Extension Center for Youth Development

Register:  http://www.regonline.com/YD100

To read the current Journal volume discussed in this session: Fall 2011 issue of the Journal of Youth Development

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