Journal of practice teaching in social work and health/The journal of practice teaching in social work and health/The journal of practice teaching & learning, Feb 15, 2024
Ti erney i: � Introduction :;: Youthcert, an EU Youthstart funded project, Q managed by NYF and C... more Ti erney i: � Introduction :;: Youthcert, an EU Youthstart funded project, Q managed by NYF and CDYSB closed at the end of May with the launch of its publ1cat1ons. Youthcert was a strategic action to promote a partnership ;:approach to the provision of certification and Qi accreditation for the many c�r:imun 1ty ba�ed �. training programme called Pract1t1oner Learnmg ::I Programmes (P LP's) which currently have little or $i• no currency outside the immediate context. tQ Youthcert involved collaboration among youth, community and voluntary work, education and training provision and certification an d accreditation
included in the EU’s name, economic matters remain absolutely central to its purpose. The Council... more included in the EU’s name, economic matters remain absolutely central to its purpose. The Council of Europe (CoE) is a different organisation. It was established in 1949, in the aftermath of the Second World War, by ten founding members (including Ireland) with the purpose of promoting democracy, the rule of law, human rights and cultural cooperation across the continent. Its most important and best known instrument is the European Convention on Human Rights which established (and is enforced by) the European Court of Human Rights. For several decades the CoE’s membership was confined to the countries of western Europe but in the years following the collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1989 (and the associated political transformations) it grew into a genuinely pan-European organisation. It currently has 47 member states. Both the European Union and the Council of Europe have relevance for youth, youth work and youth policy. The CoE has played a pioneering role in these matters, and has had a significant influence on the approach adopted by the EU. In fact the two work closely together and in more recent years have formalised their collaboration through the EU-CoE Youth Partnership. Keeping up to date with recent and current developments in youth policy at European level means knowing what each organisation is doing separately and also what they are doing jointly through the Youth Partnership. Below is an outline of developments under each of these three headings.
Media representations of young people are an important patt of society's ongoing discussion with ... more Media representations of young people are an important patt of society's ongoing discussion with itself ahntit 'the state of its youth'. This article sets out to explore how the Irish media address the issue of young people and sexuality. Adopting a bwadly social constructionist perspective, it presents qualitative case stttdies of the verbal and visttal cotttent of selected featute items in the press and concludes that, at least where sexuality is at issue, young people ate envisaged and presented as 'Other', as sotnetlung puzzling and niy.stetious. The tabloid and hivadsheet press employ similar sets of rhetorical devices to construct this represetttation atid to 'make a spectacle'of the young, often with marked gender differences. There is a consistent 'tnetophor of discovety': the 'lifting oj a lid' on what young people are 'getting up to', unknown to their parent.s. There is a pervasive sense of alarm, di.^titay. of loss and even (atnbivalentty) of betrayal. It is suggested that in consistently treating yottng people as 'Other', as ptedominantly different and difficult, these media representations may themselves be helping to construct and sustain the 'problem' of intergenerational relations.
Both Acts define discrimination as where one person is treated less favourably than another perso... more Both Acts define discrimination as where one person is treated less favourably than another person is, has been or would be treated in a comparable situation on any of the nine grounds which exists, existed, may exist in the future, or is imputed to the person concerned. Indirect discrimination and discrimination by association are also prohibited. Both Acts prohibit harassment and sexual harassment. Harassment occurs where a person subjects the victim to any form of unwanted conduct, related to any of the nine discriminatory grounds, that has the purpose or effect of violating a person's dignity and creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment for the victim. Sexual harassment is similarly defined and relates to any unwanted 'naming' for young men and women, a difference which grows more marked as they grow older. Figures 4-7 illustrate the pattern diagrammatically. Juvenile 1%
Within each of the case study sites, and as indicated above, a number of methods were used. First... more Within each of the case study sites, and as indicated above, a number of methods were used. Firstly, semi-structured interviews with key informants (managers and/or senior practitioners) were used to contexualise the research and gather background information. Secondly, focus groups were held with youth workers (paid and volunteer) and with young people; in total there were 33 adult focus group participants and 41 young people. Finally, in order to gather more comprehensive data at the level of individual young people and youth workers (demographic information, part-time/full-time/volunteer status YOUTH STUDIES IRELAND
Journal of practice teaching in social work and health/The journal of practice teaching in social work and health/The journal of practice teaching & learning, Feb 15, 2024
Ti erney i: � Introduction :;: Youthcert, an EU Youthstart funded project, Q managed by NYF and C... more Ti erney i: � Introduction :;: Youthcert, an EU Youthstart funded project, Q managed by NYF and CDYSB closed at the end of May with the launch of its publ1cat1ons. Youthcert was a strategic action to promote a partnership ;:approach to the provision of certification and Qi accreditation for the many c�r:imun 1ty ba�ed �. training programme called Pract1t1oner Learnmg ::I Programmes (P LP's) which currently have little or $i• no currency outside the immediate context. tQ Youthcert involved collaboration among youth, community and voluntary work, education and training provision and certification an d accreditation
included in the EU’s name, economic matters remain absolutely central to its purpose. The Council... more included in the EU’s name, economic matters remain absolutely central to its purpose. The Council of Europe (CoE) is a different organisation. It was established in 1949, in the aftermath of the Second World War, by ten founding members (including Ireland) with the purpose of promoting democracy, the rule of law, human rights and cultural cooperation across the continent. Its most important and best known instrument is the European Convention on Human Rights which established (and is enforced by) the European Court of Human Rights. For several decades the CoE’s membership was confined to the countries of western Europe but in the years following the collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1989 (and the associated political transformations) it grew into a genuinely pan-European organisation. It currently has 47 member states. Both the European Union and the Council of Europe have relevance for youth, youth work and youth policy. The CoE has played a pioneering role in these matters, and has had a significant influence on the approach adopted by the EU. In fact the two work closely together and in more recent years have formalised their collaboration through the EU-CoE Youth Partnership. Keeping up to date with recent and current developments in youth policy at European level means knowing what each organisation is doing separately and also what they are doing jointly through the Youth Partnership. Below is an outline of developments under each of these three headings.
Media representations of young people are an important patt of society's ongoing discussion with ... more Media representations of young people are an important patt of society's ongoing discussion with itself ahntit 'the state of its youth'. This article sets out to explore how the Irish media address the issue of young people and sexuality. Adopting a bwadly social constructionist perspective, it presents qualitative case stttdies of the verbal and visttal cotttent of selected featute items in the press and concludes that, at least where sexuality is at issue, young people ate envisaged and presented as 'Other', as sotnetlung puzzling and niy.stetious. The tabloid and hivadsheet press employ similar sets of rhetorical devices to construct this represetttation atid to 'make a spectacle'of the young, often with marked gender differences. There is a consistent 'tnetophor of discovety': the 'lifting oj a lid' on what young people are 'getting up to', unknown to their parent.s. There is a pervasive sense of alarm, di.^titay. of loss and even (atnbivalentty) of betrayal. It is suggested that in consistently treating yottng people as 'Other', as ptedominantly different and difficult, these media representations may themselves be helping to construct and sustain the 'problem' of intergenerational relations.
Both Acts define discrimination as where one person is treated less favourably than another perso... more Both Acts define discrimination as where one person is treated less favourably than another person is, has been or would be treated in a comparable situation on any of the nine grounds which exists, existed, may exist in the future, or is imputed to the person concerned. Indirect discrimination and discrimination by association are also prohibited. Both Acts prohibit harassment and sexual harassment. Harassment occurs where a person subjects the victim to any form of unwanted conduct, related to any of the nine discriminatory grounds, that has the purpose or effect of violating a person's dignity and creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment for the victim. Sexual harassment is similarly defined and relates to any unwanted 'naming' for young men and women, a difference which grows more marked as they grow older. Figures 4-7 illustrate the pattern diagrammatically. Juvenile 1%
Within each of the case study sites, and as indicated above, a number of methods were used. First... more Within each of the case study sites, and as indicated above, a number of methods were used. Firstly, semi-structured interviews with key informants (managers and/or senior practitioners) were used to contexualise the research and gather background information. Secondly, focus groups were held with youth workers (paid and volunteer) and with young people; in total there were 33 adult focus group participants and 41 young people. Finally, in order to gather more comprehensive data at the level of individual young people and youth workers (demographic information, part-time/full-time/volunteer status YOUTH STUDIES IRELAND
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