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The SAGE Handbook of Youth Work Practice showcases the value of professional work with young people as it is practiced in diverse forms in locations around the world. The editors have brought together an international team of contributors who reflect the wide range of approaches that identify as youth work, and the even wider range of approaches that identify variously as community work or community development work with young people, youth programmes, and work with young people within care, development and (informal) education frameworks. The Handbook is structured to explore histories, current practice and future directions: Part One: 'Youth Work' and Approaches to Professional Work with Young People Part Two: Professional Work With Young People: Projects and Practices to Inspire Part Three: Values and Ethics in Work with Young People Part Four: Current Challenges and Hopes for the Future
Towards a Shared Vision of Youth Work: Developing a Worker-Based Youth Work Curriculum
Towards a Shared Vision of Youth Work: Developing a Worker-Based Youth Work Curriculum
Introduction
One of the most persistent problems of youth work is the difficulty of explicating what youth work is about. This professional dilemma was manifested in many levels during a practice-based research project aimed at constructing a curriculum for youth work performed on a local level in Finland. In the research interviews conducted for the project, youth workers reflected both their professional history and the status of their local work community. An experienced youth worker talked about his past career and stated: ‘It has always ...
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