Research
The Challenge to Create a Safer Learning Environment for Youth
Jenny
Horsman, Self Published, 2004
This report outlines the fi ndings of a
year long research study carried out in Ontario to:
- deepen understanding
of the complex picture of how violence affects learning,
- to examine
how school responses play a part in creating this picture,
and
- to strengthen the possibilities to support learning for youth in
high schools and in
youth literacy and training programs.
The full report: The Challenge to Create a Safer Learning Environment for Youth tells the
whole store. It can be accessed at:www.jennyhorsman.com/ChallengetoCreate_FinalCopy.pdf
The short report:The Impact of Violence on Learning for Youth: What Can We Do
focuses particularly on the words of the interviewees - especially the
youth - and their
suggestions about what we can do to improve education. It can be accessed
at :
www.jennyhorsman.com/WhatCanWeDo_FinalCopy.pdf
Capstone Project: Inuit
Youth and Dropout
The Capstone Project was presented by Deborah Maguire
for the completion of a
Masters of Education in Teaching and Learning from the University of
Calgary.
Deborah is a teacher and Vice-principal at Netsilik School in Taloyoak.
The
portfolio is divided into fi ve major sections to recognise the various
perspectives
that need to be represented when discussing the phenomena of student
dropout.
- Why do Inuit students drop out? This section explores the various
factors that
attribute to the decision to leave school early. Research about other
Native
populations is used to help understand what happens when Inuit students
quit
school.
- What can schools do? This section examines the impact of community
development on the dropout phenomena.
- What should be done? Recommendations
are made in this portion of the
portfolio.
- My growth and understanding. This section includes some of
Deborah
Maguire's key thoughts and ideas as she has grown in understanding
and her
role as a teacher in an Inuit community.
Assignment Paper: I-Search Paper - Out of Step: Inuit Youth and Dropout
http://www.polarnet.ca/~netsilik/Capstone/AS-I-Search.html Effective Schooling Practices and At-Risk Youth:
What the Research Shows
Greg Druian and Jocelyn A. Butler
http://www.nwrel.org/scpd/sirs/1/topsyn1.html
How to Engage Youth
in Literacy
Burt Perrin
The purpose of the Youth and Literacy Cluster was to explore and
experiment with
different ways of enabling out-of-school/out-of-work (“at risk”)
youth to get back into
learning. At-risk youth, for various reasons, have not succeeded in the
regular school
system. Many have extremely limited literacy skills and face a variety
of other barriers.
http://www.nald.ca/fulltext/perrin/toc.htm
NGA Centre for Best Practices
The goal of youth development is helping
youth gain the competencies to become
successful adults. This brief defi nes what is meant by youth development
and highlights
innovative ways states are using youth development policies and programs
to improve
outcomes for youth.
For access to this research:
http://www.nga.org/center/divisions/1,1188,C_ISSUE_BRIEF%5ED_382,00.html
Too
Scared to Learn
Published by McGilligan Books, 1999
Too Scared to Learn is based
on original research with literacy learners and instructors
as well as practising therapists. The study re-examines learning
with a lens focused on
what we now know about the prevalence and impacts of violence in
women's lives. It
brings together a wealth of previously unconnected knowledge to spark
new approaches
to learning and teaching.
In the Preface of her book Jenny comments:
"Too Scared to Learn rethinks
conceptualizations of violence in society and
connections between violence and learning and interweaves a wealth
of practical ideas,
possibilities, thoughts about what practitioners might do differently
in classrooms and
educational institutions if we begin to think differently about violence."
For
more information or to order:
http://www.jennyhorsman.com/tooscared2.html
What do Youth Really Want in a Literacy Program?
Perspectives from Youth,
Youth Workers and Potential Youth Employers
Core Literacy Centre, Waterloo Region
http://www.nald.ca/fulltext/pat/core/cover.htm
Youth Action Research Institute
(YARI)
YARI promotes the use of action research for personal, group,
and community
development.
For more information:
http://www.incommunityresearch.org/research/yari.htm |