Fall 1999 Examination of the interactions of work and family to prepare professionals to improve work and family relationships. Fall 1999 Purposes, recipients, practices, legislation and funding, socioeconomic contexts of work, community, and family education. Fall 1999 Special educational activities and teaching and communications methods and techniques for youth and adults, ranging from outreach to extension services, with an emphasis on youth and adult education programs in different global settings. Project planning, implementation, and evaluation related to actual change and development situations in developing countries. An examination of important social and political topics of current interest to youth development practitioners with an emphasis on leadership implications for practice in youth agencies, congregations, schools, and other community settings.
Content varies by offering.
Lived realities of body, time, space, other, and self from an existential and phenomenological perspective. Examines the theory and practices of learning by doing. Emphasis on the educator's personal engagement in the actual process to understand the technical, motivational, and evaluative aspects of experiential learning. Spring 2000 Language, historical influences, and educational philosophies fundamental to youth development work in organizations serving youth. An examination of issues that drive the professional practice of community-based youth work.