Essays about: "youth and development"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 253 essays containing the words youth and development.

  1. 1. Fighting Stereotypes and Empowering Roma Youth through Participatory Film : A Case Study Based on a Participatory Film Project Conducted in the Roma Community in Glasgow, Scotland

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Katarzyna Dlugosz; [2024]
    Keywords : communication for development; participatory video; video for social change; Roma; young people; self-representation; stereotype; community; transformation; empowerment;

    Abstract : The Roma community has long been subjected to negative stereotypes and misrepresentations in the public sphere, leading to discrimination and prejudice. Roma youth in Glasgow, Scotland, supported by the Roma-led organisation Romano Lav, have taken an active role in challenging these negative portrayals through a participatory film project. READ MORE

  2. 2. Dreams, hope and future; An anthropological study about poverty and future plans among of vulnerable youth in Cape Town

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Gustav Carlsson; [2023-09-27]
    Keywords : Hope; Social mobility; Capital; Social suffering; Temporality; Potentiality;

    Abstract : This thesis is a result of Minor Field Studies (MFS) carried out in Cape Town, South Africa and funded by the Swedish public authority SIDA - Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency. South Africa struggles with poverty and has the greatest inequality in the world. READ MORE

  3. 3. Exploring the factors that influence participation in the homework-help programs for youth in Sweden

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik

    Author : Alaa Khaireldin; [2023-06-19]
    Keywords : after-school; homework help programs; Student motivation; Program perceptions; Qualitative content analysis;

    Abstract : After-school homework help sessions, also referred to as after-school homework help programs, are structured to offer students supplementary support beyond regular school hours, with the goal of enhancing aspects such as school attendance, behaviour, and academic achievement. These programs can be managed by the schools themselves or financed by non-profit or commercial entities and can take place within school premises or alternative community settings, such as sports clubs where students engage in studies before practicing sports. READ MORE

  4. 4. "We are a team": Creating a Healthy Coach-Youth Golfer Relationship

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för hälsa och välfärd

    Author : Jesper Littorin; [2023]
    Keywords : Coach-athlete relationship; mental health; well-being; youth athlete; golf; Tränare-spelare relation; mental hälsa; välmående; ungdomsidrottare; golf;

    Abstract : The research objectives were (1) to explore how coaches and youth golfers perceive a healthy coach-athlete relationship and (2) what they do to facilitate such a relationship. A qualitative small-q study was done by interviewing five experienced coaches and five competitive youth-golfers using two semi-structured interview guides in order to get both coaches’ and athletes’ perspectives. READ MORE

  5. 5. Education, Employability and Imagining the Future: A Minor Field Study of Goals and Motivations in a South African Small-Scale Development Programme

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Melina Pettersson; Julia Rönnbäck Finocchio; [2023]
    Keywords : Youth unemployment; Development; Education; Inequality; South Africa; Employability; Horizons of opportunity; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : South Africa is one of the most unequal countries in the world, and that shows in the distribution of opportunities amongst South Africans. In the face of political failures to deliver improvements for unemployed youth NGO projects become more important avenues for young people to acquire resources needed to improve their lives. READ MORE