Boundary-Spanning Actors in Urban 4-H: An Action Research Case Study

Autor/in	David, Victoria Dotson
Titel	Boundary-Spanning Actors in Urban 4-H: An Action Research Case Study
Quelle	In: Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 18 (2014) 3, S.97-104 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1534-6102
Schlagwörter	Youth Programs; Youth Clubs; Capacity Building; Action Research; Case Studies; Extension Education; Urban Youth; Urban Programs; Extension Agents; Educational Strategies; Program Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Jugendsofortprogramm; Jugendfreizeitstätte; Projektforschung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Erweitertes Bildungsangebot; Urban area; Urban areas; Youth; Stadtregion; Stadt; Jugend; Lehrstrategie; Programmplanung
Abstract	Today's Cooperative Extension organization continues to face challenges of providing relevant, quality programming in urban communities. Challenges include the ability to build capacity in Extension's urban youth educators to assess and interpret the unique, variable needs of urban clients and to communicate effectively the identified needs to the state land-grant institution to leverage resources. To be responsive, intentional change can be informed and initiated by those closest to the challenges of creating thriving 4-H programs in urban environments--the urban Extension youth educator. Guided by open and sociotechnical systems theory, this multiple case action research study used the critical incident methodology to explore boundary-spanning behaviors of urban Extension youth educators. Four conclusions were drawn from an analysis of the findings including an adaptation of the community-based problem solver quadrant of the Weerts and Sandmann (2010) university-community engagement model. Boundary-spanning behaviors can inform organizational policies related to program development, staff development, hiring procedures, and performance evaluation procedures. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10