Youth Work
1 Quote:
"The character of a youth worker, their integrity and their willingness to act as a role model and critical friend are vital."
2 New Ideas:
-it is difficult to define the practice of youth work, as it is very ambiguous and can mean a multitude of different things to different people.
-one does not necessarily have to be "young" or "cool" to be a good youth worker. Sometimes the best youth workers are the ones who challenge behaviors, rather than condone them.
3 Vocabulary Words:
-professional youth work: enabling young people to develop holistically, working with them to facilitate their personal, social and educational development, to enable them to develop their voice, influence and develop their place in society and to reach their full potential
-youth workers: educators who engage with young people in diverse settings, using different methods and activities to stimulate informal education and learning
-holistically: in a way that is characterized by comprehension of the parts of something as intimately interconnected and explicably only by reference to the whole
Connection:
My connection is a meme alluding to the fact that youth workers are heroes. Youth workers, no matter what job they are doing, are making large impacts and greatly changing their community.
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