Handbook of Youth Development
Policies and Perspectives from India and Beyond
Gebonden Engels 2023 9789819949687Samenvatting
This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of youth development, including theories and applications across different countries, namely India, the UK, and Australia. It presents the status of youth and their role in society, their education, and their career perspectives. The focus is on developing youth's internal abilities by providing a creative and supportive environment through appropriate mentorship and encouragement. It discusses a wide range of contemporary and relevant issues relating to holistic career growth of youth, whereby youth work is recognized as a profession. Academicians from various disciplinary backgrounds offer conceptual and methodological perspectives. Chapters into five themes focus on a balance between developing stable, protective factors for mental health, and positive youth development to ensure appropriate cognitive, social, emotional, and behavioral skills needed to thrive in an evolving world. It discusses the status of the youth in terms of digital competency, engagement of youth in sports, teaching, political process, and community development activities in the present and rapidly altering world scenario. The book also discusses the role of institution-based family counseling for healthy youth development. Given its comprehensive coverage, the handbook is an essential resource for a broad audience of youth researchers, practitioners and policymakers of population sciences, childhood and youth studies, development studies, and psychology.
Specificaties
Lezersrecensies
Inhoudsopgave
1 Promoting Youth Development Through School-Based Family Counseling
Brian A. Gerrard
2 Youth Development Through Sports: International Perspectives
Shane Pill & Phillip T Slee
3 Literature as a Moral Tool for Youth: A Select Study of Canonical Texts
Sudip Kumar Das
4 Swami Vivekananda’s Perspective of Youth Development
Sibnath Deb
5 Developing Bhutan: Nurturing Youth
Nidup Dorji
6 Youth Development: International Perspectives
Ruth Richardson
7 Involvement in Sports: Developing a New Culture for Youth
Anjali Gireesan, Sibnath Deb
8 India’s Demographic Dividend and Policy Implications
Sanjay Kumar
9 Positive People & Confident Competitors: Resilient Youth Development Through Sport and Physical Activity
Sahen Gupta & K. Jayasankara Reddy
Part II: Youth, Education and Career
10 Youth and Education
David Paul
11 Understanding Youth participation in Education: Youth as Teaching Professionals
Aleena Maria Sunny
12 Current Trends In Career Decision-Making In Youth: Opportunities and Challenges
Upasana Bagchi & K. Jayasankara Reddy
13 Youth and Information Literacy: A Global Perspective
K. Jayasankara Reddy, Sukriti Pant, & Bhuvana Manohari Nataraj
14 Efficacy of Online Training on Internet of Things (IoT) and Automation through Industry and Institute Partnership during COVID-19 Lockdown
Sibnath Deb & David Paul
Part III: Youth, Adversities and Challenges
15 Migration and Diaspora from a Young Adult Perspective: Reading Senzai’s Shooting Kabul and Hidier’s Born Confused
Kaustuv Chakraborty
16 Protecting Youth Development
Jeremy Safran, Carl Quesnell, Allen Dyer
17 Developing Bhutan: Nurturing Youth
Nidup Dorji
18 Adult-Youth Allyship in Action: Reflections from the Field
Jemma Llewellyn
19 Suicide and Youth: Positive Psychology Perspective
Trina Banerjee & K. Jaysankara Reddy
20 COVID-19, Civil Society, and Youth Activism in India
Prabhat Kumar Datta
21 Youth Transitions in the Digital Age: Balancing Digital Competency Demands and Well-being
Tusharika Mukherjee
22 Leaving No One Behind: Youth and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Durga P Chhetri
23 Marginalized Youths and Inequalities: The Global Scenario and Way Forward
Subhasis Bhadra
Part IV: Role of Youth
24 Capacity Building as a Tool for Youth Empowerment in India
Vasanthi Rajendran
25 Youth Participation In Community Development: Issues And Implications
S. Lalitha
26 Youth in Governance: Issues, Challenges and Prospects
Inderjeet Singh Sodhi
27 Youth Leadership and Participation in Political Processes
Bishakha Majumdar
Part V: Youth and Mental Health
28 Conditions for the Wellbeing of Young People in Contemporary Britain
Marianne Billington & Tom Billington
29 Timely Mental Health Support Services for Children and Youth
Shayana Deb
30 Doctoral Research of Youth: Analyzing the Role of Socio-demographic Variables on Flourishing and Grit
Sibnath Deb
Rubrieken
- advisering
- algemeen management
- coaching en trainen
- communicatie en media
- economie
- financieel management
- inkoop en logistiek
- internet en social media
- it-management / ict
- juridisch
- leiderschap
- marketing
- mens en maatschappij
- non-profit
- ondernemen
- organisatiekunde
- personal finance
- personeelsmanagement
- persoonlijke effectiviteit
- projectmanagement
- psychologie
- reclame en verkoop
- strategisch management
- verandermanagement
- werk en loopbaan