Re/Narrating Youth: A Critical Qualitative Study of Learning in an Urban Activist Organization

• In Event: 26.080 - Roundtable Session 8
  In Roundtable Session: 26.080-11 - Advocacy and Activism in Varied Contexts for Learning

Abstract

In this paper, I explore how youth perceive of and narrate learning within a peer-driven organization, In Your Face (IYF), as personal and social transformation. Central to this work is the desire to understand what opportunities for learning—as the construction of knowledge, identities, and values—youth gain access to through their participation. This research focuses on youths’ co-constructed narratives, observations, and cultural artifacts to investigate the pedagogical possibilities of In Your Face.

Author

• Kristen P. Goessling, The Pennsylvania State University - Brandywine