Are we ready for citywide learning? Examining the nature of within‐ and between‐program pathways in a community‐wide learning initiative

Learning and development occur over time across multiple settings both in‐ and out‐of‐school. However, educational programs have not been designed for coordination across settings. Successfully supporting community‐wide youth learning requires greater understanding of how youth may move between sett...

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Published in:Journal of community psychology 2017-04, Vol.45 (3), p.413-425
Main Authors: Akiva, Thomas, Kehoe, Stacy, Schunn, Christian D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Child psychology
Community action
Educational psychology
Learning
Social psychology
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Summary:Learning and development occur over time across multiple settings both in‐ and out‐of‐school. However, educational programs have not been designed for coordination across settings. Successfully supporting community‐wide youth learning requires greater understanding of how youth may move between settings and the learning pathways available to them. We investigated this topic with data from the adult leaders of 17 programs that participated in a regional summer learning initiative. Respondents tended to conceptualize within‐program pathways (e.g., offering more advanced activities in their organization to current participants) but rarely described actively encouraging youth to move to related programs in other organizations. The results suggest that realization of supportive communities for cross‐program learning and development will require shifts in models of knowledge sharing and program incentive structures.
ISSN:0090-4392
1520-6629
DOI:10.1002/jcop.21856