Download PDF/Epub Older and Wiser: New Ideas for Youth Mentoring in the 21st Century Writen By Jean E Rhodes
Older and Wiser: New Ideas for Youth Mentoring in the 21st Century
By : Jean E Rhodes
↑↑ READ BOOK NOW ↑↑

↑↑ Download BOOK NOW ↑↑
Book Synopsis :
Youth mentoring programs must change in order to become truly effective. The world's leading expert shows how.Youth mentoring is among the most popular forms of volunteering in the world. But does it work? Does mentoring actually help young people succeed? In Older and Wiser, mentoring expert Jean Rhodes draws on more than thirty years of empirical research to survey the state of the field. Her conclusion is sobering: there is little evidence that most programs--even renowned, trusted, and long-established ones--are effective. But there is also much reason for hope.Mentoring programs, Rhodes writes, do not focus on what young people need. Organizations typically prioritize building emotional bonds between mentors and mentees. But research makes clear that effective programs emphasize the development of specific social, emotional, and intellectual skills. Most mentoring programs are poorly suited to this effort because they rely overwhelmingly on volunteers, who rarely have the
Book Detail :
Author : Jean E Rhodes
Pages : 240 pages
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Language :
ISBN-10 : 0674248074
ISBN-13 : 9780674248076
Supporting format: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, MOBI, HTML, RTF, TXT, etc.
Supporting : PC, Android, Apple, Ipad, Iphone, etc.
================*================
Comments
Post a Comment