Wirkungsnachweis aus der Literatur

Kurzfristig (< 1 Jahr)
Mikro (Individuum)
Psychisch & Physiologisch

enhanced experiential learning by participating in youth work

diversitätsorientiertes Lernen

This was the final code that was produced, and in some ways it formed a ‘catch-all’ for the remaining codes which appeared to relate to the variety of experiences, activities and learning that youth work offers young people. It is the largest theme, encompassing a total of nine final codes from four of the five countries (the exception was England). France and Estonia had the most codes in this category, both with three, Finland had two and Italy one. The themes range from acquiring new skills to being able to take part in new activities, as well as the Estonian code ‘broadening the spectrum of experiences’, which a number of coordinators felt articulated many of their young people’s stories too. For the English coordinators it appeared a little strange that no English code appeared in this category, given the importance of experiential learning in youth work in both Enland and the wider UK (Jeffs & Smith, 2005, Ord, 2008). Possible explanations of this include the increasing emphasis on youth workers to translate the experiences of young people into tangible outcomes – hence the appearance of the English codes in both ‘sense of self’ and ‘social inclusion’. Another explanation may well be the drastic reduction in resources available to youth organisations in the UK post austerity, and so the scope for providing a wide range of activities and experiences has been significantly reduced.

Beschreibung der Aktivität

The Erasmus-funded project entitled Developing and Communicating the Impact of Youth Work in Europe (DCIYWE) engaged three youth projects in each of the five countries of England, Estonia, Finland, France and Italy.
The Erasmus-funded project entitled Developing and Communicating the Impact of Youth Work in Europe (DCIYWE) engaged three youth projects in each of the five countries of England, Estonia, Finland, France and Italy.
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age range of respondents: Estonia - 7 to 23 (average 14,2), England - 10 to 20 (average: 14,6), Finland - 12 to 29 (average 17,7), France - 11 to 29 (average 17,8) and Italy - 14 to 35 years (average 25,3)
teilnehmende Kinder und Jugendliche

Evaluierung der Aktivität

Each youth work project then implemented three cycles of transformative evaluation over a period of one year, between July 2015 and July 2016. The identification of youth workers and stakeholders was left to the discretion of individual projects. [...] In each cycle each youth worker aimed to generate twenty significant change stories using the following prompt question: ‘Looking back, what do you think has been the most significant change that occurred for you, you and your peers, or you and your community, as a result of coming here?’ [...] Recording stories can be done in two ways. First, handwritten notes can be taken during the conversation; however, it is essential that any notes are read back to the young person to check that they accurately reflect the essence of their story. The story is more valid when recorded in the young person’s own words. Alternatively, the young person can write their story directly. Where possible, a story should be written as a simple narrative describing the sequence of events that took place and their significance to the young person. In terms of story length, generally the young people’s stories tend be a paragraph (three or four sentences) but some may be much longer and some shorter. They should not be o short that vital information is left out.
experiential learning
increased sense of responsibility development or discovery of new personal skills discovering activities or new people diversity of youth work arenas broadening of the spectrum of experiences acquiring and transferring skills or abilities increasing awareness improvement of social and communication skills learning opportunity
Estonia: 164 England: 143 Finland: 123 France: 134 Italy: 151
July 2015 to July 2016
Finland
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