Research and research methods for youth practitioners / edited by Simon Bradford and Fin Cullen.

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Routledge, 2011.Description: 1 v. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:

9780415570855 (hbk.)
0415570859 (hbk.)
9780415571036 (pbk.)
0415571030 (pbk.)
9780203802571 (ebook)
0203802578 (ebook)

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Rigorous research is crucial to effective work with young people and increasingly youth practitioners need to be able to develop, review and evidence their work using a variety of research and assessment tools. This text equips students and practitioners with a thorough understanding of research design, practice and dissemination, as well as approaches to evidence-based practice.

A clear practice framework informs the book, outlining the significance of research to youth work, especially in relation to designing and developing services for young people. Research and Research Methods for Youth Practitioners:

Analyses the research/practitioner role Explores the ethical context of research in youth work Offers a thorough analysis of key methodological questions in research in practice Provides a guide to data collection and analysis Presents five principal research strategies for youth work: ethnographic work and visual methods; interviewing and evaluation; surveys and evaluation; the use of secondary data and documentary analysis; and researching virtual and online settings Discusses the implications of research for work with young people as well as its dissemination.

Written by experienced researchers and practitioner-researchers, each chapter in this accessible textbook includes an overview, a critical discussion of the pros and cons of the particular method or approach, a case study, a practice-based task, a summary and suggestions for further reading. This textbook is invaluable for student and practising youth workers. It is also a useful reference for other practitioners working with young people.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Contributors
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1 Working as a Practitioner-researcher
Chapter 2 Getting Started: Developing and Designing Research for Practice
Chapter 3 Research Ethics: Participation, Social Difference and Informed Consent
Chapter 4 Doing Ethnography and Using Visual Methods
Chapter 5 Asking Questions: Interviews and Evaluations
Chapter 6 Using Quantitative Methods: Designing Surveys and Evaluations
Chapter 7 Documentary Research and Secondary Data
Chapter 8 Virtual and Online Research With Young People
Chapter 9 Presenting Research to Different Audiences
Chapter 10 Research and Work with Young People: Politics, Participation and Policy

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Simon Bradford is Reader in Social Sciences in the School of Health Sciences and Social Care at Brunel University, UK. His research interests include youth and youth cultures, social policy as it affects young people and communities, and professionalisation and professional identities of those who work with young people. He is Director of the Centre for Youth Work Studies at Brunel University.

Fin Cullen is Lecturer in Youth and Community Studies in the School of Health Sciences and Social Care at Brunel University, UK. Since 1997, Fin has been involved in youth work and research projects across the UK. Her research interests include participatory action research, youth sexualities, girls' drinking cultures, visual methods and youth geographies.