Sept. 18 What does formal research sound like?

 A reverse outline of article: Journey to Praxis: Supporting Youth Activism by Rachael L F Clemons. 

Conclusion: The importance of understanding young people in relation to their contexts. 

Discussion: (1) It is important to understand how young people navigate and respond to oppressive forces that affect their lives. (2) Youth are agents of change. 

Focus: Social Justice Youth Development (SJYD) is different in that it does not set apart from understanding the relationship of people and their contexts. It is an ongoing process of growth and reflection. Engaging with youth is important, but without forgetting who you are and your communities. Each approach can be different depending on the organization, but each is just as important. 

Results: a breakdown of each organization, its participants and demographics. 

Methodology: Qualitative Sampling, Data Collection, and Analysis. 

Sampling focusing on community, site and participant selection. Data collection is based on youth interviews, observations of youth in their organizations, and organizational artifacts. Analysis saving all information gathered using computer programming that support it. Interpreting data, coding, analyzing and writing about data. 

Review of Literature: Defining the varies terms that support youth development practices. In specific, risk, resilience, and prevention, positive youth development, civic youth development and SJYD. 

Introduction: What leads me to this in particular focusing on a question. How do youth development workers engage adolescent youth in social justice activism? 

Abstract: Systems and structures can be adjusted, and young people can challenge the conditions and policies which inform their lives. 

In this article, Clemons does a fantastic job in breaking down the research that was done from its purpose and reasoning to where it was trying to go and its results. Clemons break apart each piece in her writing, given the reader a clear understanding of the outcomes and how it doesn't end there. It also provides readers with the idea that not everything is set in stone and things can continue to change for the better. There is no perfect organization or better way of doing it. This can continue and can lead to better results with little change rather than a drastic one.