Library, where you will find relevant textbooks, journals and audio-visual materials.
Internet, where you will find relevant websites.
The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available (where relevant) to support this module. Details will be supplied in the module handbook.

T. Jeffs and M. K. Smith M K (2004) Informal Education: Conversation, Democracy and Learning, Nottingham: Educational Heretics Press.
R. Gilcrist, T. Jeffs, and J. Spence (eds.) (2001) Essays in the History of Youth and Community Work, Leicester: Youth Work Press.
B. Davies (2005) Threatening Youth Revisited: Youth Policies under New Labour, The Encyclopaedia of Informal Education.

This module incorporates three inter-related learning strategies. The six day-long workshops (6 x 6 hours) will be used for the consideration of the central issues relating to an advanced understanding of youth and community work. The tutorials (4 hours) will allow discussion of the individual critical research that students are undertaking to prepare their essays. The independent study (260 hours) will allow reading around selected topics, the development of individual critical responses to the reading and the preparation for the presentation and essay.

The module presents a critical and up-to-date overview of the theoretical and practice issues involved in work with young people. The module will examine theoretical perspectives on young people's experiences of growing up at the turn of the 21st century as the module makes connections between representations of young people's lives, social policy frameworks such as Youth Matters, and a range of innovative practice interventions.

1. Portfolio 3000 words 40% - reflections on three student-led sessions and must include prep notes from the sessions. [Learning Outcomes 1-3, 5]

2. Individual presentation 20% submit notes and bibliography [Learning Outcomes 1-4]

3. Essay 2000 words 30% [Learning Outcomes 1-5]

4. Blog (Journal) 1000 words 10% [Learning Outcomes 4,5]