Evaluating Civic Youth Work
Illustrative Evaluation Designs and Methodologies for Complex Youth Program Evaluations
Published on 16. August 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-0-19-088383-6 (ISBN)
Description
Youth civic engagement efforts have become common across the globe. With the ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, many have turned to civic engagement methodologies to create opportunities for young people to have a voice in decisions that affect them. With the dissemination of youth civic engagement practice, there is a need to evaluate these efforts to satisfy funders, stakeholders, and participants. As a social innovation, youth civic engagement efforts present unique issues to evaluation and invite innovative and participatory evaluation designs. This volume brings together experienced evaluators, evaluation and youth civic engagement scholars, and civic youth workers to inform evaluation designs for youth civic engagement practice and programs. The book uses the US Center for Disease Control's framework for evaluation process, and explores issues, questions, and choices an evaluator can make when designing an evaluation of youth civic engagement practices. The heart of the book includes case studies written by professional evaluators, evaluation and youth scholars, and youth workers to define issues for each stage and provide guidance for others who want to design a robust, rigorous, and responsive evaluation for youth civic engagement initiatives and practices. The final chapters of the book provide straightforward and clear guidance for beginning to intermediate evaluators when designing and conducting evaluation studies.
Reviews / Votes
This book highlights and streamlines the importance of youth finding their purpose with civic youth work, where their time and resources are applied in areas that are near and dear to them, and where their attributes can be utilized toward meaningful change.... [It] is a must read for students in undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as professionals involved in social sciences and policy, to provide them with knowledge for an evolving need and with an innovative model. * Journal of Evidence-Informed Social Work *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
327 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-088383-6 (9780190883836)
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Additional editions
Ross Velure Roholt | Michael Baizerman
Evaluating Civic Youth Work
Illustrative Evaluation Designs and Methodologies for Complex Youth Program Evaluations
E-Book
06/2018
1st Edition
OUP eBook
€20.99
Available for download
Ross Velure Roholt | Michael Baizerman
Evaluating Civic Youth Work
Illustrative Evaluation Designs and Methodologies for Complex Youth Program Evaluations
E-Book
06/2018
1st Edition
OUP eBook
€20.99
Available for download
Persons
Michael Baizerman, PhD, MS, MS, is Professor and Director, Youth Studies, School of Social Work, University of Minnesota, and Adjunct Professor of Youth Development Leadership, University of Minnesota. He has taught in Youth Studies since 1972 and also carried out community-consultation on youthwork and youth studies locally and internationally. He has published widely in youthwork and youth studies and extensively in program evaluation.
Ross VeLure Roholt, PhD, MSW, is Assistant Professor, Youth Studies, School of Social Work, and University of Minnesota. Before joining the Youth Studies faculty, Dr. VeLure Roholt worked for two years in Belfast, Northern Ireland on issues around youth civic engagement and youthwork practice. He has consulted both locally and internationally on youthwork practice,especially in Jordan, Israel, and Palestine territories. Currently he is developing a youthwork practice, Civic Youthwork, and also continues to consult with youth organizations and groups in Jordan and Morocco around this youthwork practice.
Ross VeLure Roholt, PhD, MSW, is Assistant Professor, Youth Studies, School of Social Work, and University of Minnesota. Before joining the Youth Studies faculty, Dr. VeLure Roholt worked for two years in Belfast, Northern Ireland on issues around youth civic engagement and youthwork practice. He has consulted both locally and internationally on youthwork practice,especially in Jordan, Israel, and Palestine territories. Currently he is developing a youthwork practice, Civic Youthwork, and also continues to consult with youth organizations and groups in Jordan and Morocco around this youthwork practice.
Content
Preface
Michael Baizerman & Ross VeLure Roholt
Chapter 1: Evaluating Civic Youth Work: Explicating Evaluation Perspectives, Questions, Issues, and Choices
Michael Baizerman & Ross VeLure Roholt
Section 1
Engage Stakeholders
Chapter 2: Evaluating Youth Civic Engagement: Ask the Youth!
Katie Richards-Schuster & Rebecca Timmermans
Section 2
Describe Program
Chapter 3: Using Action-Based Research with Civic Youth Work to Enhance Program Quality
Brian Hubbard
Chapter 4: Evaluating Young People's Civic Agency
Harry Boyte
Section 3
Focus Evaluation Design
Chapter 5: A Schematic Fantasy Evaluation Plan for Public Achievement, Northern Ireland
Michael Baizerman
Section 4
Gather Credible Evidence
Chapter 6: Engaging the Whole Community to Assess Civic Engagement of Youth
Robert Shumer, Shang Lifu, Xu Huiying, Tong Xing, and Shi Pian
Section 5
Justify Conclusions
Chapter 7: Evaluation of Wimps: A Case Study of Civic Youth Work Evaluation
Paul Mattessich, Cherylynn Bassani, and Paul Smyth
Section 6
Use and Share Lessons Learned
Chapter 8: School Meeting Structures as Forms of Civic Engagement and School Evaluation
Terrance Kwame-Ross
Section 7
Conclusions
Chapter 9: Designing Youth Civic Engagement and Civic Youth Work Evaluations
Ross VeLure Roholt & Michael Baizerman
Chapter 10: Evaluation Practice to Enhance Civic Youth Work and Youth Civic Engagement
Ross VeLure Roholt & Michael Baizerman
Chapter 11: Alternative Frameworks for Evaluating Complex Youth Civic Engagement Programs
Charmagne Campbell-Patton
References
Michael Baizerman & Ross VeLure Roholt
Chapter 1: Evaluating Civic Youth Work: Explicating Evaluation Perspectives, Questions, Issues, and Choices
Michael Baizerman & Ross VeLure Roholt
Section 1
Engage Stakeholders
Chapter 2: Evaluating Youth Civic Engagement: Ask the Youth!
Katie Richards-Schuster & Rebecca Timmermans
Section 2
Describe Program
Chapter 3: Using Action-Based Research with Civic Youth Work to Enhance Program Quality
Brian Hubbard
Chapter 4: Evaluating Young People's Civic Agency
Harry Boyte
Section 3
Focus Evaluation Design
Chapter 5: A Schematic Fantasy Evaluation Plan for Public Achievement, Northern Ireland
Michael Baizerman
Section 4
Gather Credible Evidence
Chapter 6: Engaging the Whole Community to Assess Civic Engagement of Youth
Robert Shumer, Shang Lifu, Xu Huiying, Tong Xing, and Shi Pian
Section 5
Justify Conclusions
Chapter 7: Evaluation of Wimps: A Case Study of Civic Youth Work Evaluation
Paul Mattessich, Cherylynn Bassani, and Paul Smyth
Section 6
Use and Share Lessons Learned
Chapter 8: School Meeting Structures as Forms of Civic Engagement and School Evaluation
Terrance Kwame-Ross
Section 7
Conclusions
Chapter 9: Designing Youth Civic Engagement and Civic Youth Work Evaluations
Ross VeLure Roholt & Michael Baizerman
Chapter 10: Evaluation Practice to Enhance Civic Youth Work and Youth Civic Engagement
Ross VeLure Roholt & Michael Baizerman
Chapter 11: Alternative Frameworks for Evaluating Complex Youth Civic Engagement Programs
Charmagne Campbell-Patton
References