Full Description
How do young people develop through youth arts programs and how can these programs reflect and extend young people's personal interests? How can youth arts support participatory democracy and social change?
Frances Howard puts forward a powerful case for the value of youth arts programs, whilst acknowledging and interrogating the complexities involved, including unequal access to provision and the class-based harm that can be inadvertently practiced within them.
Drawing on the author's own practice experience, alongside a range of international case studies showing best practice, this grounded and accessible text will be welcome reading to academics, students and practitioners across Education, Youth and Community courses.
Contents
Part I
1: Introduction
2: Current and future trends in Youth Arts Programs
3: Knowing Young People
Part II
4: Researching the Arts Award in Youth Work Settings
5: Youth Arts Practices
6: Youth Arts Pedagogies
Part III
7: Accommodating Common Culture
8: Celebrating Cultural Democracy
9: Cultivating Cultural Citizenship
10: Enabling Youth Arts Programs to Flourish
