Afterschool Matters Spring 2008

Download the entire issue of Afterschool Matters Spring 2008 as a pdf. 52 pages.

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• When the Divide Isn’t Just Digital: How Technology-Enriched Afterschool Programs Help Immigrant Youth Find a Voice, a Place, and a Future
  By Rebecca A. London, Manuel Pastor, Jr., and Rachel Rosner
  Of course community technology centers (CTCs) help bridge the digital divide for immigrant youth in disadvantaged neighborhoods. But a study of six CTCs in California shows that these centers also promote positive youth development for young people who are challenged to straddle two  cultures. 11 pages.
• Growth in Motion: Supporting Young Women’s Embodied Identity and Cognitive Development through Dance After School
  By Mira-Lisa Katz
  Dance classes provide a model for afterschool and in-school education where multiple, “embodied” modes of teaching and learning enhance  development and where risk-taking is rewarded rather than punished. 11 pages.
• Media Gangs of Social Resistance: Urban Adolescents Take Back Their Images and Their Streets through Media Production
  By Linda Charmaraman
  A youth media program not only helps participants combat negative stereotypes of urban teens but also gives them a sense of group solidarity that  enables them to function as responsible media producers when they venture out into the community. 11 pages.
• The Curtain Rises: How Community-Based Arts Contribute to Youth and Community Development
  By Jennifer Fuqua
  Community-based arts education serves the best of youth development practices and principles. In an era when school-based outcomes drive much afterschool programming, the value of the arts in building young people’s skills and abilities deserves wide support. 9 pages.
• Book Review: Robert Halpern’s Critical Issues in After-School Programming
  By Ivana Espinet
  2 pages.