Dissertations / Theses: 'Youth leaders'

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Coles, James. "Orthodox youth ministry training volunteer leaders /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2003. http://www.tren.com.

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Pinnock, Wesley. "Training youth leaders in the urban church." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1990. http://www.tren.com.

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Andrews, Brett Stephen. "Preparing leaders for the evangelism of youth." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2000. http://www.tren.com.

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Seto, Ming-wai, and 司徒明慧. "Youth work organizations and the nurturing of future youth leaders forpolitical participation." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2010. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B46776138.

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Gerault, Joe. "Training Hispanic church leaders for basic youth ministry." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2002. http://www.tren.com.

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Suandi, Turiman B. "Commitment of 4-B (Malaysia) youth leaders towards volunteerism /." The Ohio State University, 1991. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487759436325547.

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Pappianne, Paige. "Voices of Bangladeshi Environmental Youth Leaders: A Narrative Study." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1557169195419225.

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Premanath, Laksman 1955. "A comparison of volunteer leaders in 4-H with volunteer leaders in related urban youth group." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/291332.

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A comparative study was performed to identify personal characteristics and motivation of volunteer leaders from two youth groups; 4-H and Campfire. Criteria under study were appraised using questionnaires. Data analysis based on the responses obtained from 64 volunteer leaders. The personal characteristics investigated included expected period of service, support and encouragement, time spent on volunteer activities, satisfaction from service rendered, enrollment of volunteer leaders children, place of residence, length of residence, educational level, employment status, age, gender, and ethnicity. Affiliation, achievement, and power motivation factors were assessed. Most of the personal characteristics investigated were determined to be similar in the two groups. Major differences were found in the place of residence and tenure period. Youth leaders in both groups responded to the motivation inventory in a similar manner, although the two groups originated in rural and urban environments. The 4-H and Campfire volunteer leaders were highly achievement and affiliation motivated.

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Risley, Michael Joseph. "Recruiting volunteer youth leaders at Voyagers Bible Church, Irvine, California." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2006. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p006-1514.

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Risley, Michael Joseph. "ecruiting volunteer youth leaders at Voyagers Bible Church, Irvine, California." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2006. http://www.tren.com.

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Permenter, Gary L. "Equipping selected youth leaders with basic youth ministry skills at Mount Vernon Baptist Church, Columbus, Mississippi." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1994. http://www.tren.com.

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Wozencroft, Angela J. "Promoting perceived competence in youth examining the interaction between leaders' facilitation style and youths' autonomy orientation /." Connect to this title online, 2008. http://etd.lib.clemson.edu/documents/1219848289/.

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Cox, Kathryn J. "Significant adolescent leadership development experiences identified by established leaders in the United States /." The Ohio State University, 1988. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487586889189186.

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Smith, S. S. "The structure of professional communication among cross-community youth leaders in North Belfast." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 2014. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.676739.

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This dissertation explores the communicative network of cross-community youth leaders in North Belfast, Northern Ireland. Following decades of social, political and armed conflict, North Belfast remains a deeply divided locality in which the two predominant communities (Catholic/Nationalist/Republican and Protestant/Unionist/Loyalist) live in close proximity, but whose members typically socialize, reside and attend schools in distinct areas, often separated by high walls and territorial boundaries. With the intention of promoting 'cross-community' relations, a multitude of youth projects operate across the area. The projects are designed to include young people from both sides of the community divide and rely on the work of self-motivated adult leaders, each with varying professional social networks. This study views the population of youth leaders as potential building blocks for improving inter-communal relations in North Belfast. Problematically, little is currently known about youth leader relations; therefore, this dissertation provides an exhaustive description of the professional structure of youth leaders by employing social network analytic tools and appropriate qualitative methods. Major findings deriving from this study indicate that youth leaders are not operating on a level playing field across North Belfast, that there is an uneven distribution of both social and economic capital and there are a variety of detrimental features that are supported and reinforced by external and internal structural barriers.

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Annerdal, Jakob. "The Changing of the Guard : A Study of the challenges faced by youth leaders in post-National Youth Policy Myanmar." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-95771.

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The contrast between the recently adopted UN resolution UNSCR2250 in which youth are recognized as key stakeholders in democratic and peace processes and the social structures that historically have excluded youth from meaningful participation in decision-making in Myanmar - paired with recent changes in the country including the adaptation of Myanmar's first national youth policy and changing attitudes towards youth participation has left the government in need of guiding research that allows for data driven policy making. One sub-category of youths who have been left unattended in research post national youth policy adoption is youth leaders in a process of transitioning into a role of power. If future youth, peace and security policy is to facilitate their transition to power, and be in accordance with these recent changes, it is to be driven by data. Myanmar will continue to face changes - in light of these changes, this research attempts to identify the needs of these youth leaders through key informant interviews and application of a new analytical framework - political socialization paired with generational change. It attempts to determine whether cultural structures of old are hindering their progress as well as how to best facilitate their transition to power.

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Yandell, Janet Smaltz. "It's their mission developing a manual to encourage church leaders/youth volunteers to begin a youth designed/youth-owned work mission program in the local church /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2004. http://www.tren.com.

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Woods, Barbara A. "The perceived efficacy of an empowerment model of youth development among Vermont educational leaders." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1141236451.

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Soria, Luis Ramirez. "Leadership Practices that Support Marginalized Students: District and School Leaders' Support for LGBTQ Youth." Thesis, Boston College, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:108822.

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Thesis advisor: Lauri Johnson
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth are a marginalized student population in school settings. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to examine whether and how district and school leaders’ knowledge, attitudes/beliefs, and practices regarding LGBTQ students affected school policies for advocacy, anti-discrimination, and proactive care for this marginalized population. It was part of a larger group case study of how leaders support marginalized students in a Massachusetts urban school district. Data was gathered and analyzed from eight semi-structured interviews, document reviews, and observation of a student organization meeting. Results showed that leaders created and sustained safe environments in schools for LGBTQ youth, made efforts to urge the normalization of LGBTQ advocacy and discourse, and afforded opportunities for LGBTQ student-led activism. The study also found that district and school leaders need to further their systemic efforts toward establishing and implementing inclusive LGBTQ curriculum and instruction. Implications of this study reveal that district and school leadership practices must be explicitly designed, implemented, and sustained in order to effectively support LGBTQ youth
Thesis (EdD) — Boston College, 2020
Submitted to: Boston College. Lynch School of Education
Discipline: Educational Leadership and Higher Education

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Ruschkowski, Andreas. "Constructing the ideal youth recreation leader : A Foucault inspired analysis." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för beteendevetenskap och lärande, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-147314.

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Youth recreation centres in Sweden are significant venues for youth to engage in meaningful activities, as a way to counteract increased segregation and social tension. The professionals promoting young people’s social inclusion and fostering positive personal development in this context, are youth recreation leaders. Since young people’s informal learning is construed in relation to youth recreation centre attendance, a question of these leaders’ professionalism is actualized. What knowledge and competencies are needed - and valued as important - to be a ‘good’ youth recreation leader? The aim of this thesis is to explore how the youth recreation leader is shaped and governed through discourses on youth recreational work. How is the discourse shaped, and what kind of subjectivity emerges through it? Drawing on Michel Foucault’s concepts discourse, subjectivity, governmentality, and technologies of power and the self, the thesis analyses policy texts on youth recreation leader education and professional practice, as well as youth recreation leader educators’ talk about the youth recreation leader. The analysis illustrates how four subject positions emerge and are made possible through current discourses on youth recreational work - the democratic, relational, recreation-anchored, and reflective youth recreation leader. These subjectivities are enmeshed in power-relations through which they are fostered into governing themselves and others, i.e. the conduct of conduct. Government operates, for example, through students’ use of portfolios and personal reflection as confession.

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Soder, Jeff R. "4-H State Leaders’ Readiness to Support Lesbian and Gay Youth-Assessing Leaders’ Lesbian and Gay Knowledge, Homophobic Attitudes, and Best Practice Implementation." The Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1259598794.

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Grier, Karissa Niphore. "Feasibility of an Experiential Community Garden and Nutrition Program for Youth Living in Public Housing:Exploring Outcomes from Youth, Parents and Site Leaders." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/48901.

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Background: Community gardens have existed in America since the late 1800s and have served multiple purposes from food subsidies to neighborhood beautification. The use of community gardens has grown in popularity and has been recommended as a way to encourage healthy eating habits in youth. Though the health benefits of having a diet high in fruits and vegetables is well known, youth in the United States do not meet recommendations for fruit and vegetable intake. Under-consumption of fruits and vegetables is problematic in youth, as eating habits are established in childhood. Community gardens have been successfully used to improve access, self-efficacy, preference, and consumption of fruits and vegetables. However, few published community garden studies have focused on low socioeconomic youth. The Dan River Partnership for a Healthy Community (DRPHC) was developed according to community-based participatory research (CBPR) principles. With a mission to reduce obesity using healthy lifestyle initiatives, community gardens are an evolving DRPHC initiative. Objective: To evaluate the feasibility (i.e., demand, acceptability, implementation, and limited-effectiveness testing) of a 10-week experiential theory-based gardening and nutrition education program targeting youth living in two public housing sites in the Dan River Region. Methods: Using pre- and post-program questionnaires/interviews, demand and acceptability were measured among youth, parents and site leaders. Implementation was measures via field notes and attendance. Limited-effectiveness was measured among youth using a pre-post design. Three researchers independently coded the qualitative transcripts, met to resolve disagreements, and built consensus through discussion of the codes. Similarly, field notes were reviewed and evaluated for reoccurring themes regarding barriers, facilitators, and other observations. For the quantitative measures, descriptive statistics were used to summarize the variables and Cronbach's alphas used to assess the reliability of each scale at baseline. Overall effects were tested with repeated measures ANOVA. An intent-to-treat analysis using the last observation carried forward method was used. A critical value of .05 was used for significance testing. A standard equation for reporting effect sizes on a single-group, pre-post study design is also reported. Results: Program enrollment included 43 youth, primarily African American. The positive demand and acceptability findings indicate the potential of the program to be used and suitable for the youth, parents, and site leaders. Field notes revealed numerous implementation facilitators and barriers. Youth weekly attendance averaged 4.6 of 10 sessions. Significant improvements (p<0.05) were found for some (e.g., FV asking self-efficacy, overall gardening knowledge, knowledge of MyPlate recommendations), but not all limited-effectiveness measures (e.g., willingness to try FV, FV eating self-efficacy). Study Implications: This study addresses recommendations for utilizing CBPR in community garden efforts and builds on community identified research priorities of the DRPHC. Results demonstrate the feasibility of a gardening and nutrition program targeting youth in public housing. Lessons learned are being used to adapt and strengthen the program for future efforts targeting FV behaviors. Findings will be shared with local community stakeholders and used to adapt and strengthen the program for future efforts in the Dan River Region targeting of fruit and vegetable behaviors.
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Boyd, Robert L. "Equipping selected youth leaders of the First Baptist Church, El Paso, Texas, in teenage crisis intervention skills." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1993. http://www.tren.com.

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Almohaimeed, Saleh Abdulaziz. "Understanding leadership development for young people : creating a multi-dimensional and holistic framework for emerging high-school students as future leaders in KSA." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/15773.

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This thesis concerned with understanding what makes young people as future leaders. It sets out to explore leadership development for secondary school students (12-to-18-year), focussing on what makes young leaders and how they become future leaders. The fundamental purpose of this explanatory and exploratory qualitative study was to investigate leadership development at the age of adolescence. There are three key objectives for this study: (1) to explore and investigate what contributes to forming young people as future leaders; (2) to clarify and understand how young people become future leaders; and (3) to create a multidimensional and holistic framework for developing secondary students as future leaders. These aims were achieved via conducting qualitative in-depth interviews (N=46) with established leaders (N=19) and university professors (N=27) in both the UK and the kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Additionally, as this study focuses on adolescence, it was important to conduct three focus groups with secondary school students in KSA (N=27). Succinctly this study aims to deepen our understanding of the issue of developing young people as future leaders. This study used multi-levels of analysis and multi-domains of purposive sampling via using maximal variation sampling, both leaders and academics are categorised into six domains (business, education, social, voluntary sector, YLD programmes directors, and developmental psychologists). The secondary school students were selected from government school, private school, and gifted students. Due to the extensive sample gathered (46 interviews and 3 focus groups) and significant data generated (287.000 words), the author’s study produces both emergent themes and abundant numerical results. However, these large quantities can encourage various quantitative studies in the future. There are several key contributions of value in this study; (1) creating and conceptually testing a comprehensive framework to develop young people as future leaders; (2) the theoretical contribution as the qualitative analysis has generated massive number of new emergent themes related to the research questions; (3) analysis of the empirical contributions revealed lots of variables, factors, criteria, tools; (4) a cross-cultural YLD which verify that there are both differences and similarities between the UK and KSA; (5) the findings proved that leadership for young people is learnable to a great extent; that adolescence is a critical period for developing leaders; that sparking the motivation to lead is important at this age; there are serious obstacles facing YLD; generic leadership is more applicable for YLD; and finally, one of the significant contributions of this study is its focussing of attention on a long-term approach for young people leadership development. The further contribution of this study is creating a multi-dimensional and holistic framework for YLD based on theories of adult leadership and intensively reviewing the literature review on YLD. It has been developed via pilot study and finally developed and validated throughout a cohort of stablished leaders and university professors (N=41). This study’s findings can benefit policy and practice to a great extent since it focuses on the secondary school students; as they are the future leaders, this study can be of significant help to the strategic planning of policy makers in the Ministry of Education, Youth Ministry, and generally within the political context, family business. This study inspires me to establish a leadership-based academy, which focuses on high-school students and develops them as national leaders.

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Woody, Daton (Coley). "The Perceptions of Certified Youth Sports Directors Concerning the Behavior and Training of Adults Involved with Youth Sports in Rural Southeastern Tennessee." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2006. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2207.

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The purpose of this qualitative research study was to determine where the need for a sports education program exists in the rural areas of Southeastern Tennessee. The problem was to define key elements needed to establish a curriculum and a leadership process for the adults involved in youth sports. Twenty-three youth sports directors were interviewed. The youth sports directors in this study perceived a child-centered program along with sportsmanship, character, responsibility, rebuilding participation, and the impact of a role model as the guiding principles for the mission of any youth sports program. Other emergent themes included curriculum topics such as rules and fundamental skills of each sport, safety and health issues, security, communication and teaching methods, conflict management, how to deal with adversity, and organization skills. The retention of top coaches and leaders in youth sports is important. The perceptions of the 23 sports directors in rural Southeastern Tennessee programs are vital in clarifying the sports educational needs for coaches and leaders. Sports education clinics and forums, as well as ongoing training, allow opportunities for directors, commissioners, coaches, and other community leaders to meet and discuss issues that are essential to providing the best experience for children while continuing to retain the best leaders and supporters of the programs. The implication from this study is that communities and higher education institutions should also consider the training and preparedness of future youth sports leaders to be successful beyond the x's and o's. Attention should be paid to the differences in communities that have a sports education program in place and those that do not and the support of community leaders for a youth sports program.

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Brown, Richard Stanley. "A strategy to equip youth leaders into developing strategic, balanced, and strong local church student ministries." Lynchburg, Va. : Liberty University, 2008. http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu.

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Williams, Lawrence E. Sr. "Educating African-American pentecostal church leaders regarding the prospect of sponsoring charter schools for inner-city youth." DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 2008. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/327.

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This study expanded the concept of church-sponsored schools by including charter schools in the definition of church-sponsored schools. Some denominations embraced the idea of local congregations supporting and sponsoring church schools while others had not. scripture and theologians supported and give value to churches providing appropriate learning environments and educational experiences for children who were members of churches as well as children who were not members. Though history prior to the institution of democracy in America indicated joint church-state support of schools for children, the secular mindset of America increasingly separated church and state in public education. This study suggested a new meeting place for the church to join the state in sponsoring schools for children. The new meeting place was charter schools. The argument was presented that Christian churches had a responsibility to educate children through sponsoring church schools. Given the secular mindset of American society, Christian churches had an even greater challenge to establish proper learning environments for children. Middle to high-income Christian families had a greater ability to provide church schools for their children. This study examined how the Christian church, particularly in the inner-city, could provide schools for children from low-income families who traditionally were not served by church-sponsored schools. Focus was given to examining a congregation that was part of a denomination that traditionally had given little support to church-sponsored schools.

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Fransisco, John C. "A program to train potential team leaders of foreign AIM trips designed for Assemblies of God youth." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1995. http://www.tren.com.

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MACHADO, JORGE VINICIUS VARGAS. "JUVENTUDE BATISTA BRASILEIRA: THE MOBILIZATION AND THE PREPARING OF LEADERS OF MINISTRIES OF BAPTIST YOUTH IN BRAZIL." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2017. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=31011@1.

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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO
COORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DO PESSOAL DE ENSINO SUPERIOR
PROGRAMA DE SUPORTE À PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO DE INSTS. DE ENSINO
As juventudes têm sido influenciada por culturas alinhadas ao espírito desse tempo e que nada tem a ver com os valores cristãos. Num tempo em que o mundo passa por transformações em muitos aspectos, está em curso a transição para uma nova configuração de comportamentos humanos. Por ainda ser fase inacabada, não se pode ter uma leitura correta de como as coisas serão. É possível, no entanto, perceber como os jovens encaravam a vida no passado recente e como a vida tem sido encarada no mundo líquido moderno. Na impossibilidade de definir como é a juventude atual, ao menos as tendências de comportamento podem ser percebidas. Esse cenário, novo e desafiador, é o campo de atuação dos ministérios de juventudes das igrejas batistas. Através de levantamento bibliográfico de livros, pesquisas oficiais, artigos acadêmicos, dissertações e teses defendidas, esta pesquisa pretende descrever quem são as juventudes modernas, quais as culturas e as tendências que influenciam essas juventudes, e as maneiras de lidar com elas sob uma perspectiva pastoral cristã, particularmente batista. Levando em conta o que já foi feito e o que está em andamento de maneira oficial na denominação batista no Brasil, para que se possa apontar onde queremos chegar enquanto jovens batistas brasileiros.
Youth have been influenced by cultures aligned with the spirit of that time and have no relations with Christian values. Nowadays we live times of transformations in many aspects, in so many changes takes to a new type of human kinds of behaviors. For still being unfinished, one can not have a correct reading how the things will be. It s possible, however to perceive how the youngs faced the life at the recent past and how the life has been faced at the modern liquid world. It s impossible to define how is the current youth, at least the tendencies of behavior can be perceived. This new and challenger scene, is the actuaction field of baptist churches youngs ministries. Throught a bibliographic survey of books, oficial researches, academic articles, dissertations and theses defended, this research pretends to describe who are the moderns youths, which cultures and whose tendencies influence these generation, and the ways of dealing with them under a christian pastoral perspective, particularly baptist. We need to consider what has already been done and what is in progress in an official way in the Baptist denomination in Brazil, So that we can point out where we want to reach as young Brazilian Baptists.

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Steritz, Judy Jordan. "The Role of 4-H Junior Leaders in Planning 4-H Youth Programs in Rural Ohio Counties." The Ohio State University, 1993. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1407345868.

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Eriksson, Elisabet. "Christian Communities and Prevention of HIV among Youth in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Internationell mödra- och barnhälsovård (IMCH), 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-155097.

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Young people in South Africa, particularly females, are at great risk of acquiring HIV, and heterosexual sex is the predominant mode of HIV transmission. In order to curb the epidemic the Department of Health encourages all sectors in the society, including religious institutions, to respond effectively. The present thesis seeks to increase the understanding of the role of Christian communities in prevention of HIV for young people. Three denominations in KwaZulu-Natal were selected to reflect the diversity of Christian churches in South Africa: the Roman Catholic Church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa, and the Assemblies of God. Using qualitative interviews the first paper explores how religious leaders (n=16) deal with the conflict between the values of the church and young people’s sexuality. Study II reports on attitudes to HIV prevention for young people among religious leaders (n=215) using questionnaire survey data. Study III investigates how young people (n=62) reflect on messages received from their churches regarding premarital sex by analysing nine focus group discussions. In the fourth paper, based on questionnaire survey data, we report on young people’s (n=811) experiences of relationships with the opposite sex and their perceived risk of HIV infection. The view that young people in churches are sexually active before marriage was common among religious leadership. The majority of religious leaders also reported that they are responsible for educating young people about HIV prevention. Religious leaders who had received training on HIV were more likely to run a life skills programme for young people, however they were ambivalent about prevention messages. Young people reported premarital sexual abstinence as the main HIV prevention message from their churches. The majority responded that they had received information about HIV in church. To be in a relationship was common, more so for males for whom multiple relationships also were viewed more acceptable. To perceive themselves at risk of HIV infection was common. Further training for religious leaders is needed to enable them to manage the conflict between the doctrine of the church and their willingness to assist young people in the transition into adulthood.
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Homan, Dustin M. "Competencies and Training Needs of Adult 4-H Club Leaders to Facilitate Positive Youth Development in Ghana, Africa." The Ohio State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1492672937515349.

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Simpson, James Dawson. "Equipping a select group of adult student leaders from the Hub-City Network in Hattiesburg, Mississippi to implement secondary campus evangelism." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2004. http://www.tren.com.

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Yancey, Jeremy L. "Equipping Bible study leaders for youth weeks in selected areas of leadership at Gulfshore Baptist Assembly, Pass Christian, Mississippi." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2003. http://www.tren.com.

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Mannan, Irin. "Sustainable Development, Youth, Entrepreneurship and Leadership Education: A Case Study of the Mandela Washington Fellowship, Young African Leaders Initiative." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/23924.

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Entrepreneurship education has emerged as an alternative to traditional models of sustainable development in Sub-Sahara Africa. Traditional development models focus on economic reforms. In contrast, Amartya Sen’s capabilities approach to development emphasizes the importance of entitlements, choice, freedom, and addressing social and institutional conditions that facilitate development. This is a case study on a similar program, the Mandela Washington Fellowship (MWF) for Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI), in the business and entrepreneurship track. The objective is to examine the impact of MWF on participants in developing entrepreneurial and leadership skills, which has the potential to contribute to the overall growth and development of their communities. This research assesses the effectiveness of entrepreneurship and leadership education programs in successfully developing practical skills among participants. Further goal is to examine the links between sustainable development, entrepreneurship and leadership training programs, in the context of Sen’s capabilities approach to development in Sub-Sahara Africa.

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Helmy, Hannah Louise. "Situating Contraceptive Practices and Public Health Strategy in the Bronx: Perspectives from Female Youth, Healthcare Workers, and Reproductive Health Leaders." Scholar Commons, 2015. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/5698.

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In the United States, concerns about adolescent childbearing and its perceived corollaries – negative health outcomes for mother and child, the disintegration of the nuclear family, and “over-dependence” on public resources – began to circulate widely in policy spheres and popular media in the 1970’s, resulting in a proliferation of policies, programs, and services designed to address its prevention. Although national birth rates among adolescents are currently at their lowest since peaking in the early 1990’s, this decline masks persistent and significant disparities between groups of young people by race, ethnicity, geography, and poverty level. The concomitant existence of social and economic inequities that contribute to these differences is particularly striking in New York City; an urban center of vast extremes in health, wealth, and opportunity, but which boasts extensive reproductive health services for young people, including confidential care and availability of free or low-cost contraception. Within this setting, the promotion of hormonal and long-acting reversible contraceptive methods, specifically aimed at young women deemed at high risk of pregnancy and with less access to health care, has emerged as a key primary prevention strategy to reduce both overall adolescent pregnancy rates and disparities between adolescent groups. Using ethnographic methods, this research examined the promulgation and interpretation of this strategy by reproductive health leaders and healthcare workers as well as contextualized these perspectives with the reproductive decisions and fertility desires of female youth for whom this strategy is intended. As a result, this study elucidates broader political and socio-cultural contexts in which young women negotiate intimate relationships and contraceptive use. Recommendations are subsequently offered for clinical practices attuned to female youths’ lived experiences, educational programs for healthcare workers, and reproductive health policies reflective of the broader factors that influence contraceptive behaviors.

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Ricketts, John C. "The efficacy of leadership development, critical thinking dispositions, and student academic performance on the critical thinking skills of selected youth leaders." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2003. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0000777.

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Brown, Arogeanae Ronterria Dinita. "Reframing AgriCULTURAL Experiences, Narratives, and Careers for African American Youth: A Study of Community-based Programs Leaders' Motivations and Educational Space." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/84495.

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To uncover experiences specific to African Americans youth in agricultural and STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) career explorations and to understand why African Americans are missing from agriculture and STEM, a systematic literature review and empirical study were conducted. Literature covering the current and past African American perceptions of agriculture and STEM discipline, and narratives and experiences of African Americans in agriculture, were reviewed to explain their influences on African American youth perceptions and interest to pursue careers in agriculture and STEM. However, literature also explained the role of agricultural programs in STEM and agricultural literacy. In one paper, Social Cognitive Career Theory was used to frame the career interest development process of the individual learner to reference African American Youth. This review captured African American's negative connotations of agricultural and STEM despite the knowledge and work African Americans have contributed to Agriculture and STEM since the formation of America. In addition, to address how to deter the negative connotations youth have, an empirical study was performed interviewing eight program leaders of community-based organizations that are engaging African American youth in agricultural and STEM education. Program leaders described their motivations and purpose as an act of service to the youth and the community as a way to provide youth with opportunities or capital as described by Bourdieu.
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Lodin, Jenny, Victoria Rehn, and Emma Tall. "Ungdomsledare i idrottsföreningar : Rekrytering, utbildning och stöd." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för idrottsvetenskap (ID), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-34758.

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Problemområde: Idag är det vanligt att idrottsföreningar rekryterar föräldrar till olika ledarroller inom barn och ungdomsverksamheten. För många föräldrar innebär det att de får sin första ledarroll. Vissa föräldrar känner sig bekväma direkt i rollen som ledare medan andra inte gör det. Eftersom i stort sätt alla barn och ungdomar i Sverige någon gång har kontakt med idrotten ger det idrottsledarna stora möjligheter att fostra och påverka ungdomarna. Detta leder till att det är viktigt för idrottsföreningarna hur dem jobbar med rekrytering, utbildning och stöd för sina ungdomsledare. Syfte: Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka svenska idrottsföreningars arbete med ledarförsörjningen till sin ungdomsverksamhet. Mer konkret handlar det om att granska hur bredd- och elitföreningar i Växjö kommun hanterar frågor om rekrytering, utbildning och stöd av ledare inom ungdomsidrotten. Metod: Det empiriska materialet i studien har erhållits med hjälp av intervjuer och webbenkäter. Enkäterna användes till att styrka upp intervjuerna och därmed tillämpar studien både en kvalitativ och en kvantitativ undersökningsmetod. Resultat: Studiens resultat påvisar att föreningar i studien inte jobbar speciellt aktivt med rekrytering av ungdomsledare. Studien visar även att föreningarna är positiva till utbildning men ställer inga krav på att ungdomsledarna måste gå en utbildning. Däremot uppmuntrar föreningarna ungdomsledarna till att gå utbildningar genom att stå för kostnaden. Flertalet av ungdomsledarna i idrottsföreningarna är ideella och får stöd i form av bland annat utbildningar.
Problem: Today it is common for sports clubs to recruit parents of different leadership roles within child and youth activities. For many parents, it means that they get their first leadership role. Some parents feel comfortable right away in their role as leaders while others do not. Since almost all the children and youth in Sweden have contact with the sport, it provides sports leaders ample opportunity to educate and influence young people. This leads to the importance of sports clubs how they work with recruitment, education and support for their youth. Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the sports movement's work with leadership support to the youths. More specifically, it is about how the width and elite clubs at the local level are dealing with local questions about recruitement, education and support of leaders in youth sport. Method: The empirical data in the study was obtained through interviews and web surveys. The surveys were used to strength up the interviews and thus apply the study, both a qualitative and a quantitative survey. Results: Our results demonstrate that sports clubs in the study do not work especially actively recruiting youth. The study also shows that sports clubs are positive to education, but do not demand that the youth leaders must attend an education. However, encourage sports clubs youth leaders to attend education by standing for the cost. Most of the youth leaders in sports clubs are nonprofit and receive support in form of education.

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Galipeau, Miriam. "A Case Study of Alberta’s Future Leaders Program (AFL): Developing Aboriginal Youth Leadership through Cross-cultural Mentorship, and Sport, Recreation, and Arts Programming." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/23535.

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In this thesis, in which I use the stand-alone paper format, I employ a Foucauldian lens to examine Alberta’s Future Leaders (AFL), an Aboriginal youth leadership development program. In the first paper, I identify how power relations shape AFL, including its ambitions and struggles towards developing sustainable programming. In the second paper, I examine AFL’s cross-cultural approach to mentorship and the ways in which failing to address issues of culture (re)produces colonial relations of power. Overall, my findings highlight the importance of recognizing and problematizing the power relations at work within Aboriginal youth leadership development initiatives.

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Antblad, Marita, and Marie Karlsson. "24 - timmars ungdomar : ständig uppkoppling och stress?" Thesis, Växjö University, School of Health Sciences and Social Work, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:vxu:diva-6917.

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The purpose of this study was to understand what the professionals experiences are of stressed youth. We did a qualitative study with interviewing three school nurses, one welfare officer and two recreation leaders. Research is saying that stress is increasing among the youth and that girls are more stressed than boys. It also says that medium is a big consequent for that (ex. Brun M. Sundblad, 2006). In our study we found out that the professionals thought the same thing and they meant that Internet and mobile telephones was the biggest problem for being stressed. We analysed the results with the help of Giddens (2007), Frank (2009) and Marmot (2006) theories. Giddens (2007) is saying that our society is changing and that we are becoming more self-centred individuals. He also says that our society is moving very fast and that the communications and information is spreading fast all over our world. Frank (2009) means that people are always comparing them self’s with people around them. It is the rich groups that are increasing the consumption in our society, not medium. Marmot (2006) is saying that people’s health has a big deal to do with if you are living among the same kind of people, with the same amount of material welfare or not. If you have a lot of money and lives on a street with the same kind of people, you’re health will be better, then if it would be big differences among you. These aspects was something that we found out during our study, which the professionals did not mention, they blamed the medium for allot of the stress.

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Mpofu, Chido Ingram Patreese. "Perceptions of 4-H extension educators and volunteer leaders toward the inclusion of youth with Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder(s) in 4-H programs." [University Park, Pa.] : Pennsylvania State University, 2009. http://etda.libraries.psu.edu/theses/approved/WorldWideIndex/ETD-4624/index.html.

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Myles, Janet. "Exploring the restructuring of special educational needs in one local authority with a particular focus on the impact on school leaders." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2012. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/39613/.

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This thesis is about change, and the impact of change on the restructuring of special educational needs provision. The impetus for my research came from my work with the National Association of Head Teachers, supporting school leaders in managing the education of a more diverse pupil population. The research relates to the Labour Government's policy to increase the number of children with more complex needs in mainstream schools. Following Baroness Warnock's (2005) call for a review of special educational needs, the House of Commons Education and Skills Committee carried out an ‘Inquiry'. Their final report (SEN: Third Report of Session 2005-06), identified high levels of dissatisfaction amongst parents and teachers, and it concluded that the Special Educational Needs framework was no longer fit for purpose. In response, the Labour Government stated that it was too early to carry out a review because their ‘Every Child Matters' initiative was still developing. However, they stated that, in future, local authorities would be required to demonstrate improved special educational needs provision when restructuring their overall educational provision. This significant response prompted me to explore the implementation of the restructuring of provision as several authorities were putting forward proposals for change during 2007-08. The research began in 2008. It is a piece of small-scale educational research which explores the perspectives of school leaders in one local authority and the local authority's documented evidence. The concepts of ‘inclusion' and ‘change' provided the foundation to develop my research study within a broad ‘constructivist interpretative' paradigm and, the direction to review relevant literature on inclusive education and on strategies for implementing change. It discusses the qualitative methods used to investigate my overarching research question: What is the nature and impact of change, in the restructuring of special educational needs provision? I set out to explore two aspects of the nature of change: the first objective was to investigate the process and the second was to investigate the impact of change. My intention was to tease out whether school leaders in mainstream schools, subject to competing government policies (‘inclusion' and ‘market' ideologies) would choose to increase their provision and the impact of proposed change on the individuals and schools involved. My fieldwork was carried out during 2008-09, and follow-up interviews were carried out with those respondents, who were directly involved in the restructuring of provision, during 2010-11. The findings illustrate the influence of individual values and attitudes and the importance of effective school leaders in driving forward reform. It describes the actions of the local authority during the process of implementing change and highlights the improvements that could be made during the stages of transition. Importantly, the significance is considered of internal and external influences that impact on the actions of school leaders and how they influenced the policies of the local authority. Each individual's, or body's, interaction within and between each level (i.e. national, local, school and individual levels), created an impact on the other levels, a process that was far from straightforward. A significant finding of the research was the importance of the interrelationship between these four dimensions, building on Fullan's (2003) tri-level reform. Although the findings demonstrated that to implement progressive change requires motivated school leaders, it also depends on the collaborative effort of all stakeholders involved. However, even with a concerted effort other unexpected events may alter its course: change may be influenced but it cannot be controlled. It is therefore important to develop and understand those strategies and dimensions that contribute to the effective implementation of ‘change' because, in the world of education, change is on going.

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Redelius, Karin. "Ledarna och barnidrotten : Idrottsledarnas syn på idrott, barn och fostran." Doctoral thesis, Gymnastik- och idrottshögskolan, GIH, Forskningsgruppen för pedagogik, idrott och fritidskultur, 2002. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:gih:diva-372.

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An important premise for the study is the pedagogic importance of sports, that children and youth via sports and its leaders consciously and unconsciously incorporate and teach themselves skills, habits and knowledge as well as norms and values. Another premise is that sports leaders, like other teachers and leaders, work in a time where new conditions prevail for children’s upbringing and for the role as a leader. What should be conveyed to children today is not obvious but seems to be dependent on the individual fosterer’s idea on what the role should mean. This is truer for sports leaders, for example, than teachers since the sports movement does not have a prescribed curriculum. The perspective of the study is cultural-sociological and gender-theoretical. In the analyses, Pierre Bourdieu’s key concepts, habitus, capital and field, performed the functions of research tools. A descriptive purpose of the study was to increase the knowledge of who the children and youth leaders of the sports movement are and their views of and valuation of sports, the task and the children. Through studying what the sports leaders are bearers of in terms of personified and symbolic capital, the purpose of the study was also to analyse what was encouraged in the sports environment where many children and young people spend a great deal of their leisure. The analyses were based on an empirical material consisting of questionnaire replies from 525 sport leaders and in-depth interviews with 18 leaders. In addition, more than 1,600 future teachers and youth recreation leaders replied to a questionnaire form. Who the sport movement’s child and youth leaders are cannot be generally answered. It is partly dependent on which sport it is, partly which gender the leader has. The sport leaders’ attitudes to differing aspects of the children’s sports activity varied and various leader groups confronted each other. The leaders primarily appreciated the relations with the children. However, they did not appreciate the parental intervention, children and youths who did not behave themselves and the high demands which leadership signifies. Through sports the leaders primarily wanted to give the children physical and social upbringing. They wanted to educate children to be creative and independent individuals but emphasized at the same time a conscientious ideal. The study showed that differing types of symbolic capital dominate in children and youth’s sports activity and that different leader groups emphasize various values. What is understood as valuable seemed more to be related to the logic of different sports than to gender and the fact that the activities were for children. It is not possible to tell in general how children are fostered and influenced through sports. The results indicate, however, that seriousness dominated over playfulness and that success and achievement are highly valued.

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Pettersson, Spörndli Jamie, and Cecilia Grunedal. "Vad motiverar unga ledare? : En undersökning om unga ledare i gymnastikföreningar." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-28141.

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Syftet med denna undersökning är att ta reda på vad som motiverar ungdomar inomGymnastikförbundets verksamhet att vara ideella ledare. Vidare undersöks hur den ideella föreningen arbetar för att behålla unga ledare. För att nå syftet används en kvalitativ undersökningsmetod. Intervjuer har genomförts med tolv unga, ideella ledare med olika erfarenhet och bakgrund samt med fem olika gymnastikföreningar. I dessa föreningar är någraav de unga ledarna vi intervjuat verksamma. Tillgänglig litteratur har lästs och relevant forskning för denna undersökning har beaktats. Intervjusvaren analyseras utifrån tre teorier. De unga ledarnas svar analyseras utifrån Edward Deci och Richard Ryans teori, Self-Determination Theory, som handlar om vad som motiverar människor. En annan teori som analysen grundar sig på är David G. Barkers teori, Motiv till ideellt engagemang, som beskriver tre faktorer som motiverar till ideellt arbete. Gymnastikföreningarnas svar analyseras utifrån Aron Antonovskys teori känsla av sammanhang, som består av tre komponenter – begriplighet, hanterbarhet och meningsfullhet. Resultatet visar att det som motiverar ungdomar till att vara ideella ledare i gymnastikföreningar inte skiljer sig så mycket åt. Gymnasternas utveckling och kärleken till gymnastiken är två av de klart största motivationsfaktorerna bland de unga ledarna. Gymnastikföreningarna försöker behålla sina unga ledare främst genom att erbjuda utbildning. Ett arvode utgår för alla de unga ledarna vilket kan ses som ett sätt att locka ungdomarna till fortsatt uppdrag, framförallt i de föreningar där arvodet baseras på antal år i föreningen och utbildningsnivå.
This thesis aims to examine what motivates youths within The Swedish Gymnastic Federation activities to be a voluntary leader. Non-profit sports associations will also be examined to see how they work to keep the youth leaders. A qualitative examination method will be used. Twelve youth leaders with different experiences and backgrounds will be interviewed, and five gymnastics associations will also be interviewed. In these gymnastics associations some of the youth leaders are active. Available literature has been read as well as relevant research has been taken into consideration. The answers from the interviews gets analysed on the basis of three theories. The youth leaders’ answers get analysed on the basis of Edward Deci and Richard Ryans theory, Self-Determination Theory, which is about what motivate people in general. Another theory that will be used is David G. Barker’s theory, Motives for voluntary work, which describes three factors that motivate to voluntary commitment. The gymnastics associations’ answers get analysed on the basic of Aron Antonovsky’s theory, Sense of Coherence, which consists of three components – comprehensibility, manageability and meaningfulness. The result shows that what motivates youth leaders in gymnastics associations is quite simmilar. The gymnastics’ development and the love of gymnastics are the two most usual motivation factors. The gymnastics association tries to keep the youth leaders by offering education. The youth leaders get a small economic compensation, which can be seen as a way to tempt youths to continue their leader commitment, especially in the gymnastics associations where the economic compensation is based on the number of years in the association as well as the level of education.

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Lawrence, Andrea Nicole. "Sustainability Education as a Framework for Enhancing Environmental Stewardship in Young Leaders: An Intervention at Tryon Creek Nature Day Camp." PDXScholar, 2012. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/555.

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UNESCO established Sustainability Education as a top priority when it declared 2005 - 2014 to be the global decade for sustainability. Sustainability education can be implemented in outdoor programs such as nature summer camps in order to build environmental stewardship and ecological literacy in counselors and campers. This study sought to determine the extent to which an ecology and leadership training given to assistant counselors at Tryon Creek State Natural Area day camp achieved the goals of sustainability education--for the assistant counselors to learn about ecology, develop stewardship attitudes and behaviors toward the environment, and become positive role models for the campers in their care. Knowledge and environmental stewardship attitudes and behaviors of the counselors were assessed using surveys, interviews, and training journals. A statistically significant difference was found between pre and posttest scores on a survey measuring knowledge of Pacific Northwest ecology, but no significant difference was found between the pre and posttest scores on an environmental attitudes survey, possibly due to a ceiling effect. Interviews revealed that participants learned about invasive species, Oregon flora and fauna, and stream ecology over the summer. Despite the results on the attitudes survey, interviewees reported greater environmental awareness at the end of the summer as well as a greater sense of place in nature and a desire to continue working with children in an outdoor setting.

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Bates, Gerard. "The effectiveness of adventurous outdoor pursuit courses as a medium for positive relationship building between adult leaders and young participants : a study within the context of secondary schools, youth training young schemes and intermediate treatment." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.343954.

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Olausson, Amanda, and Gina Persson. "Vändpunkten Kristianstad : en stödgruppsverksamhet." Thesis, Högskolan Kristianstad, Sektionen för Hälsa och Samhälle, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-8214.

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The aim of this study has been to investigate children and adolescent development in ”The turning point” children´s and adolescent program in Kristianstad. We also wanted to find out the support group leaders experiences concerning the children´s and the adolescents development in programs and how they apprehended their role as a support group leader. Our intension was also to study how the adolescent and the children considered their own development in the program. To carry through this study, we used two types of qualitative methods i.e. qualitative interviews with the support group leaders who used the ”Turning point” method in their work with the children’s and adolescents groups. We also used qualitative content analysis on the children’s and the adolescents written answers in their evaluation forms. The support group leaders and the adolescents described a positive development through the programs. Both parts states that this development has been noticed by an increased openness about the abuse in the family. Other results was that the children and the adolescent answered that they had realized that they were not alone in their situation, had been helped by the programs, felt happier and had come to realize that they had an identity of their own.

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Arvidsson, Ellen, and Bokrot Frida Eriksson. "Det är aldrig barnets fel : En kvalitativ studie av hur stödgruppshandledaren talar om sin egen roll, metoden och det enskilda barnet." Thesis, Högskolan Väst, Avd för socialpedagogik och sociologi, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-5485.

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This is a qualitative study designed to investigate how professional support group leaders talk about their role as supervisor of support groups for children and adolescents with problematic home situations. We also examine how these supervisors talk about the method they use and how they talk about the individual child. We have chosen critical discourse analysis to help us explore if there are different ways to talk about these territories. Our questions are: How does the support group leader talk about his role? How does the support group leader talk about the method? How does the support group leader talk about the individual child? The theories we have chosen to use in the analysis of our material is Aaron Antonovsky's Sense of Coherence and social constructivism. We have, as mentioned, chosen to do a qualitative study using semi-structured interviews conducted with seven active support group leaders at three different support group organizations. We transcribed the interviews and coded them separately and then went through the coded material together. The analytical method we have chosen is discourse analysis focusing on Norman Fairclough´s critical discourse analysis. Along with Fairclough´s three-dimensional model, we analyzed the interviews at the following levels: text practice, discursive practice and social practice. Based on our purpose and our questions we managed to distinguish six different discourses, within each territory we found two discourses that stood in contrast to each other. In the territory "How the support group leader talks about his own role," we found the knowledge discourse and the playful discourse. In the territory "How the support group leader talks about the method" we were able to discern a discourse view of the method as complete and a view of the method as adaptable. In the territory "How the support group leader talks about the individual child" we found the discourse about the perception of the child as a subject and the perception of the child as an object. These discourses were put together to constitute two discourse chains which showed two different orientations of the support group leader. We then analyzed these discourse chains our theories and questioned them based on how the two different types of leader’s we located could affect the method’s design and the children participating in support groups. The study concludes with a part in which we compare our results with earlier research within this field followed by suggestions for further research.

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Coskie, Tracy L. "Becoming a community leader : youth literacy practices in an after-school program /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7792.

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Rosén, Emil. "Analysis and visualization of collective motion in football : Analysis of youth football using GPS and visualization of professional football." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Avdelningen för systemteknik, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-269457.

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Football is one of the biggest sports in the world. Professional teams track their player's positions using GPS (Global Positioning System). This report is divided into two parts, both focusing on applying collective motion to football. % The goal of the first part was to both see if a set of cheaper GPS units could be used to analyze the collective motion of a youth football team. 15 football players did two experiments and played three versus three football matches against each other while wearing a GPS. The first experiment measured the player's ability to control the ball while the second experiment measured how well they were able to move together as a team. Different measurements were measured from the match and Spearman correlations were calculated between measurements from the experiments and matches. Players which had good ball control also scored more goals in the match and received more passes. However, they also took the middle position in the field which naturally is a position which receives more passes. Players which were correlated during the team experiment were also correlated with team-members in the match. But, this correlation was weak and the experiment should be done again with more players. The GPS did not work well in the team experiment but have potential to work well in experiments done on a normal-sized football field. % The goal of the second part of the report was to visualize collective motion, more specifically leader-follower relations, in football which can be used as a basis for further research. This is done by plotting the player's positions at each time step to a user interface. Between each player, a double pointed arrow is drawn, where each side of the arrow has a separate color and arrow width. The maximum time lag between the between the two players is shown as the "pointiness" of the arrow while the color of the arrow show the maximum time lag correlation. The user can change the metrics the correlations are based of. As a compliment to the lagged correlation, a lag score is defined which tell the user how strong the lagged correlation is.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Youth leaders'

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