PATHWAYS FOR YOUTH MENTORING: MERGING COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE

摘要: The purpose of this paper is to elicit a richer conversation for youth development practitioners and academic researchers related the approach mentoring training based on Vygotsky’s (1967) sociocultural activity theory. More specifically conceptualize guide research, particularly in inner-city communities where environments can be most challenging health, social young people. Recently, there has been an increasing call direct their efforts toward solving contemporary problems that plague today’s youth, are well- being our While seen as “front line” continuously engaged endeavor, institutions sometimes viewed by activists self-serving not fully committed such endeavors. Using principles theory, advances previous literature proposing participatory paradigm basis shared work between researchers. describes elements program presents case example demonstrate its’ characteristics.