Personal and social development takes place through acquiring new knowledge, skills, attitudes and values, i.e. through learning. Not least, values and attitudes are acquired through adapting to the principles and values that permeate the ‘culture’ you live in – this is why it is essential that youth work meet these core principles. Solidarity, for example, might be explained and discussed in school, but it is through experiencing it in practice that you become a solidary person.
Research also shows us that “learning new things” is one of the things that young people value most in youth work.
To what degree does our local youth work meet this bullet point?
Are there sides/aspects of it that are not reached?
Are there differences related to different activities?
Are there differences related to different groups of young people?
Are there differences related to different youth work providers?
Are there other differences? Related to what?
What different steps do we need to take in order to meet this bullet point?
Do we miss any knowledge that we need?
Do we need to take contact with stakeholders not present in our discussions?
Do we need to develop new competences, methods, work processes or organisational structures?
Can we find good practices or tools that might help us to improve this?
Do we have positive experiences from other areas of youth work that we can use also in this case?
Are there other organisations that we can contact and learn from regarding this?
Do we need to take other measures?
Do we have to revise our perspectives and/or priorities regarding youth work?
