MA Community and Youth Work
2007-08
Name of Module: Youth Policy and Practice
Weighting: 15 Credits
Tutor(s): Jean Spence and Tony Jeffs
Module Outline
The module will provide an opportunity for students to examine critically: ?youth policy in the UK;
?the origins and development of youth work including the significance of imperialism and gender;
?theories of youth work including understanding of difference;
?the funding and management of youth work;
?key forms of intervention i.e. centre-based work, detached and outreach work, issue-based work, specialist practice focussed on specific cohorts of young people: young women, young black people, young lesbian and gay people.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the module students should be able to demonstrate: ?knowledge and critical understanding of the key theoretical approaches and models of practice in youth work;
? a systematic understanding and critical awareness of issues that are central to youth policy and youth work practice;
?knowledge and critical understanding of the ideological and political determinants that have shaped youth policy.
Teaching and Learning Methods
Individual and group tutorials, group discussion, practical exercises, study groups, case studies and reflective recordings, independent reading and the assessment of written work.
Assessment of Learning Outcomes
Summative Assessment: One essay (3000 words)
Formative Assessment: Group Presentation
Indicative Reading
Davies, B. (1999) History of the Youth Service in England Vol. (1) and (2), Leicester,Youth Work Press.
Furlong, A., & Cartmel, F. (1997) Young People and Social Change, Open University Press.
Gilchrist, R., Jeffs, T., & Spence, J. (eds) (1997) Essays on the History of Youth and Community Work, Youth Work Press.
Gilchrist, T., Jeffs. T., & Spence, J. (eds) (2003) Architects of Change: Studies in the History of Community and Youth Work, Leicester, NYA.
** Jeffs, T., & Smith, M. (1999) Informal Education, Education Now Books.
Miles, S. (2000) Youth Lifestyles in a Changing World, Open University Press. ** Mizen, P. (2004) The Changing State of Youth, Palgrave
Spence, J. and Devanney, C. with Noonan, K. (2007) Youth Work: Voices of Practice, Leicester, National Youth Agency
Smith, M. (1988) Developing Youth Work, Open University Press.