ABSTRACT

Youth Work Process and Practice provides an overview of the central concerns in youth work today, exploring what youth work actually consists in and developing an authentic theoretical framework for practice.

This accessible textbook places the role of the curriculum and idea of practice as a process at the centre of youth work. Exploring important aspects of practice – such as empowerment, participation and choice, group work, experiential learning and the importance of relationship building – Jon Ord explains how the idea of curriculum can be used to communicate, legitimate and develop youth worth practice, as well as help to articulate its value and importance.

The book includes a detailed and up-to-date analysis of the policy climate, looks at the implications of its focus on measurability and outcomes and discusses the impact of devolution in the UK on youth work practice. It contrasts dominant contemporary perspectives of youth and youth culture and argues that, rather than competing, ‘informal’ and ‘social’ education are twin aspects of an educational practice which must emphasises both individual development and wider social change.

Youth Work Process and Practice is an essential read for all students of youth and community work and will also be an important reference for practising youth workers.

chapter |4 pages

Introduction

part I|53 pages

Curriculum theory and practice

chapter 1|6 pages

The emergence of the youth work curriculum

The history of curriculum

chapter 2|6 pages

Meaning of curriculum in youth work

Possible reasons for antipathy to curriculum

chapter 3|7 pages

Curriculum as content

chapter 4|12 pages

Curriculum as product

chapter 5|10 pages

Curriculum as process

Person centred experience

chapter 6|10 pages

Curriculum as process

Principles of procedure and curriculum as development

part II|45 pages

Essential elements of curriculum

chapter 7|5 pages

Values and judgement

chapter 8|11 pages

Participation and empowerment

chapter 9|11 pages

Relationships and group work

chapter 10|10 pages

On voluntary participation and choice

chapter 11|6 pages

On methods

part III|40 pages

Policy and practice

part IV|30 pages

Curriculum, outcomes and accountability

part V|54 pages

Curriculum in context

chapter 20|10 pages

On Kolb and experiential learning cycles

chapter 21|11 pages

Objections to curriculum in youth work

chapter 22|11 pages

Youth work curriculum in a national context

Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland 1

chapter 23|7 pages

Curriculum in a European context

The youth work curriculum in Finland

chapter 24|5 pages

The uses of the concept of curriculum

chapter 25|8 pages

Towards a critical youth work curriculum