Youth Participation in the Development Process: A Case Study in Panama. An International Bureau of Education Series -- Experiments and Innovations in Education No. 18.

Autor/inn/en	Gomez de Souza, Luis A.; Ribeiro, Lucia
Institution	United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France).
Titel	Youth Participation in the Development Process: A Case Study in Panama. An International Bureau of Education Series -- Experiments and Innovations in Education No. 18.
Quelle	(1976), (101 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Aspiration; Attitudes; Change Agents; Community Involvement; Developing Nations; Educational Opportunities; Global Approach; Latin American Culture; Motivation; Organizations (Groups); Participation; Perception; Questionnaires; Rural Development; Rural Youth; Self Concept; Sex Role; Social Structure; Socioeconomic Influences; Technological Advancement; Work Attitudes; Panama + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Streben; Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Globales Denken; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Teilnahme; Wahrnehmung; Fragebogen; Rural environment; Development; Ländliches Milieu; Entwicklung; Rural area; Rural areas; Youth; Ländlicher Raum; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Selbstkonzept; Geschlechterrolle; Sozialstruktur; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Technological development; Technologische Entwicklung; Work attitude; Arbeitshaltung
Abstract	Conducted in a rural area in the province of Chiriqui in Panama, this exploratory study identified the participation in, and perception of, development by rural youth. Twenty-eight young men and 8 women, between 15 and 28 years of age, were divided into 2 subgroups: campesinos--those who worked in the Asentamientos (a system of collective farming) and the Juntas Agrarias (agricultural cooperatives)--and those who worked in the Banana Company. The youth were from families organized according to traditional models, established hierarchically by sex and age. Using a semistructured model, nine interview sessions, each consisting of groups of three to five persons, were held. Interviews covered the person's: social situation, participation levels, awareness and action, motivations, specificity of participation, and perception of social structure. Findings included: both groups felt that they belonged to the lowest rung of the social scale; the young people were generally interested in participating in community activities through volunteer work; and structural changes perceived by the youth referred to the distribution of goods (mainly land), institutionalized credit, educational opportunities, housing, introduction of new technology, and some changes in the infra-structure (i.e., roads and trade facilities). (NQ)
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