A Hidden History of Youth Development in South Africa: Learning in Transition

ISBN-13: 9780367261412 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 264 str.

Margaret Perrow

Opis

This book presents a unique and multi-faceted history youth development in South Africa through the lens of a South African NGO prominent in youth development from the mid-1980s until 2008.

Spis treści

Preface. What would our ancestors say to each other? Introduction. "Siyi youth endala" (We are old youth) 1. Learning on contested grounds: Education, resistance, and youth development 2. Shifting discourses, shifting identities: A history of the Joint Enrichment Project 3. "I better do something": The Youth Work Scheme and its participants 4. "Gaining skills and moving around": Repositioning at an orientation and a worksite 5. "I can be somebody": Negotiating identity in a deployment workshop 6. "A time-being thing": Participants after the Youth Work Scheme 7. "Too slow, too fast": Staff after the Joint Enrichment Project 8. "Something that can’t be lost": The Joint Enrichment Project’s legacy 9. "In the next future": Reflections on NGOs in South Africa

O autorze

Margaret Perrow is Professor of English and English Education at Southern Oregon University, USA.