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- Anu Gretschel (Ph.D) works as a senior researcher in the Finnish Youth Research Network. Her special interests are ev... moreAnu Gretschel (Ph.D) works as a senior researcher in the Finnish Youth Research Network. Her special interests are evaluation in youth work and youth participation.
Three recent publications concerning evaluation in youth work include 'Guidelines for defining and evaluating the youth affairs sector' and 'Successful model for multidisciplinary work with young people - An evaluation of the impacts of the ‘Everyone goes to school’ project' and recently in March 2017 'Studying the impact of international youth work."edit
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Funded by the Finnish Ministry of Education and the German Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ) ... Eva Feldmann-Wojtachnia Anu Gretschel Vappu Helmisaari Tomi Kiilakoski Aila-Leena Matthies... more
Funded by the Finnish Ministry of Education and the German Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ) ... Eva Feldmann-Wojtachnia Anu Gretschel Vappu Helmisaari Tomi Kiilakoski Aila-Leena Matthies Sigrid Meinhold-Henschel Roland ...
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4.1. Laadullisten tutkimus-ja seurantajärjestelmien kehittäminen 63 4.2. Elämänkulun strategisten siirtymien tutkiminen, paikallistaminen ja seuraaminen 64 4.3. Yhdenvertaisuusajattelun kytkeminen osaksi lapsi-ja nuorisotyötä... more
4.1. Laadullisten tutkimus-ja seurantajärjestelmien kehittäminen 63 4.2. Elämänkulun strategisten siirtymien tutkiminen, paikallistaminen ja seuraaminen 64 4.3. Yhdenvertaisuusajattelun kytkeminen osaksi lapsi-ja nuorisotyötä sekä-politiikkaa 65 4.4. ...
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This conference paper shares the experiences gained when using different kinds of evaluation tools, in the context of Finnish national youth centres doing European co-operation, the first example being the Erasmus+ funded project, for... more
This conference paper shares the experiences gained when using different kinds of evaluation tools, in the context of Finnish national youth centres doing European co-operation, the first example being the Erasmus+ funded project, for which the resources came from the European Commission, the second one being the Quality Label process, offered by the Council of Europe. During these processes the experiences of the young people, youth centre personnel and decision makers concerning the impact caused by international youth work and perceived development needs were gathered using a variety of methods: storytelling, a pilot survey, interviews and with both self- and interactive evaluation. In this paper, we will reflect upon what was learnt about the evaluation tools during those processes and how what was learnt has been taken into use afterwards in further ongoing development processes in 2019, both in the fields of youth work research and practice.
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Empfohlene Zitierung / Suggested Citation: Gretschel, A., Helmisaari, V., Kiilakoski, T., Matthies, A.-L., Meinhold-Henschel, S., Roth, R., ... Feldmann-Wojtachnia, E. (2011). Youth participation in Finland and in Germany: status analysis... more
Empfohlene Zitierung / Suggested Citation: Gretschel, A., Helmisaari, V., Kiilakoski, T., Matthies, A.-L., Meinhold-Henschel, S., Roth, R., ... Feldmann-Wojtachnia, E. (2011). Youth participation in Finland and in Germany: status analysis and data based recommendations. München: The Finnish Youth Research Network; Universität München, Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Centrum für angewandte Politikforschung (C.A.P) Forschungsgruppe Jugend und Europa. https://nbn-resolving.org/ urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-350437
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The aim of the Finnish Youth Research Society is to promote and conduct multidisciplinary youth research at both national and international levels, as well as to provide information and research-based expertise on matters relating to... more
The aim of the Finnish Youth Research Society is to promote and conduct multidisciplinary youth research at both national and international levels, as well as to provide information and research-based expertise on matters relating to young people. The society is a non-profit organization founded in 1988 and its activities are funded by the Ministry of Culture and Education and by other funding sources such as the Academy of Finland.
Selon cet article, les jeunes s’impliquent davantage dans le debat societal lorsque les structures formelles de participation ne sont pas suffisamment developpees. L’article analyse l’etendue de la culture democratique en passant en revue... more
Selon cet article, les jeunes s’impliquent davantage dans le debat societal lorsque les structures formelles de participation ne sont pas suffisamment developpees. L’article analyse l’etendue de la culture democratique en passant en revue les differentes theories de la democratie. La democratie representative, et sa conception ideale des citoyens qui elisent des delegations, contraste avec les ideaux de democratie directe, participative, deliberative et de contre-democratie, et, respectivement, avec les ideaux de prise de decision et de participation directes, de debats et de surveillance democratiques. Ces perspectives theoriques sont associees aux resultats d’etudes empiriques sur les jeunes qui montrent que les responsables disposent de plus en plus de methodes pour mener des politiques utilisees quotidiennement par les jeunes. A titre d’exemple pratique, l’article analyse trois cas d’etude et de promotion de la participation des jeunes. L’auteur soutient que la question d’une je...
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Nuorisotutkimusverkosto); Pirjo Hanhivaara (Lapin ammattiopisto) ja Jatta Herranen, (Humanistinen ammattikorkeakoulu). Kuuleeko Suomi? -koulutuksissa tutkijoiden tavoitteena oli tutkimusaineistoihin perustuvien tarinoiden avulla herättää... more
Nuorisotutkimusverkosto); Pirjo Hanhivaara (Lapin ammattiopisto) ja Jatta Herranen, (Humanistinen ammattikorkeakoulu). Kuuleeko Suomi? -koulutuksissa tutkijoiden tavoitteena oli tutkimusaineistoihin perustuvien tarinoiden avulla herättää koulutukseen osanottajat tarkastelemaan osallisuustyön arkea. Tarinoiden tarkoitus oli innostaa osanottajat keskustelemaan osallisuuden keskeisistä ulottuvuuksista sekä osallisuutta mahdollistavasta toiminnasta. Vaikka osallisuuteen on keskeistä tuoda teoreettisia ja tutkimuksellisia avauksia, huomiota on kiinnitettävä myös käytännön toimintaan. Tällöin havaitaan monia onnistumisen paikkoja sekä esimerkillistä paneutumista lasten ja nuorten asioihin heidän itsensä kanssa, mutta esille tulee myös epäonnistumisia, osallisuuden esteitä, virheellisiä käyttäytymismalleja ja joitakin kyseenalaistamattomia lähtökohtia, jotka voivat haitata työtä lasten ja nuorten kanssa. Koulutuksessa läpikäydyt nuorten tarinat paitsi tekevät näkyväksi monia puolia osallis...
The article has a triple aim. The first aim is to study the structure of EU youth policy, especially the role of the EU Presidency youth events in the EU institution. The EU youth event in Hyvinkää during the Finnish EU Presidency in 2006... more
The article has a triple aim. The first aim is to study the structure of EU youth policy, especially the role of the EU Presidency youth events in the EU institution. The EU youth event in Hyvinkää during the Finnish EU Presidency in 2006 was the starting point of our case study. Second, we analyze how the EU Presidency youth events, the case of Hyvinkää in particular, function as tools of political influence in forming EU youth policy. Third, we analyze the Hyvinkää youth event as a democratic miniature society. To show the variety of youth participation in the different political arenas of the EU we bring reflections from the European Youth Forum and the European Youth Parliament to our analysis. The study suggests that in the future the EU Presidency youth events should function as important and versatile arenas of learning-by-doing enabling the growth of ‘young active EU policy citizens’.
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Syftet med projektet var att identifiera varje nordiska lands bästa praxis för utvärdering och kvalitetsövervakning av ungdomsorganisationer. Projektet har gett information om bästa praxis och sammanställt en situationsbild av... more
Syftet med projektet var att identifiera varje nordiska lands bästa praxis för
utvärdering och kvalitetsövervakning av ungdomsorganisationer. Projektet har gett information om bästa praxis och sammanställt en situationsbild av utvärderingen av effektiviteten hos ungdomsorganisationers verksamhet i olika nordiska länder. Dessa bästa praxis ger upphov till goda förslag för ungdomsorganisationer om hur de kan förbättra kvaliteten på sin verksamhet, samtidigt som en mer omfattande situationsbild skapar mervärde särskilt för den offentliga förvaltningen.
utvärdering och kvalitetsövervakning av ungdomsorganisationer. Projektet har gett information om bästa praxis och sammanställt en situationsbild av utvärderingen av effektiviteten hos ungdomsorganisationers verksamhet i olika nordiska länder. Dessa bästa praxis ger upphov till goda förslag för ungdomsorganisationer om hur de kan förbättra kvaliteten på sin verksamhet, samtidigt som en mer omfattande situationsbild skapar mervärde särskilt för den offentliga förvaltningen.
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For this study ‘Are we part of society? On the future, democracy and public services - Thoughts of young people outside of education and work’, young people who find themselves outside of education and work were interviewed twice during... more
For this study ‘Are we part of society? On the future, democracy and public services - Thoughts of young people outside of education and work’, young people who find themselves outside of education and work were interviewed twice during the period 2017–2019. First, they were interviewed by outreach youth workers, and then by a researcher. For the initial interview, a structured form that contained questions from the annual Youth Barometer study was used with 117 young people. The aim was to become familiar with opinions relating to, for example, well-being, public services and democracy of those young people whose life situation is often challenging and who usually do not participate in the interviews organised by phone for 15–29 years old for the general Youth Barometer.
For the second interview, 35 of the initial 117 participants were given in-depth interviews, whereby the young people, with the guidance of a researcher, were encouraged to tell their life story, so as to evaluate what kind of factors, and which service provisions have had what kind of impact on their life, their career aspirations and on their future. The interviews were carried out in different parts of Finland, including in Southwestern Finland, in Helsinki and the greater Uusimaa region, in the region of Central Finland and in region of Kainuu, which was chosen to represent eastern and northern Finland.
The results show the low level of life satisfaction of those young people who, at the time, found themselves outside of education and work. The findings indicate that the situation is worse when the young person has been unemployed longer than 12 months and for those individuals who consider themselves as belonging to a sexual orientation or gender minority. This study has shown how important and useful this kind of indicator is in pointing out how youth policy resources ought be used – namely in reaching out to those in most need of help.
For the second interview, 35 of the initial 117 participants were given in-depth interviews, whereby the young people, with the guidance of a researcher, were encouraged to tell their life story, so as to evaluate what kind of factors, and which service provisions have had what kind of impact on their life, their career aspirations and on their future. The interviews were carried out in different parts of Finland, including in Southwestern Finland, in Helsinki and the greater Uusimaa region, in the region of Central Finland and in region of Kainuu, which was chosen to represent eastern and northern Finland.
The results show the low level of life satisfaction of those young people who, at the time, found themselves outside of education and work. The findings indicate that the situation is worse when the young person has been unemployed longer than 12 months and for those individuals who consider themselves as belonging to a sexual orientation or gender minority. This study has shown how important and useful this kind of indicator is in pointing out how youth policy resources ought be used – namely in reaching out to those in most need of help.
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Tavoitteena tässä arviointitutkimuksessa oli selvittää, millaisia vaikutuksia Your Move -kampanjalla oli nuorten (13–19-vuotiaiden) liikuntaharrastuneisuuden ja osallisuuden (toiminta- ja vaikutusmahdollisuuksien) edistämiseen. Kampanjan... more
Tavoitteena tässä arviointitutkimuksessa oli selvittää, millaisia vaikutuksia Your Move -kampanjalla oli nuorten (13–19-vuotiaiden) liikuntaharrastuneisuuden ja osallisuuden (toiminta- ja vaikutusmahdollisuuksien) edistämiseen.
Kampanjan päätoimintamuotona olivat nuorilta nuorille järjestetyt tapahtumat: alueelliset tapahtumat, nuorten omat tapahtumat kouluissa sekä Suurtapahtuma Helsingissä. Aineistona tutkimuksessa käytettiin sekä kampanjan dokumentti- että tutkimustiimin keräämää monipuolista kenttäaineistoa. Kampanjan saavutukset ovat lukumäärällisesti tarkasteltuna merkittäviä: yhteensä 141 tapahtumaan osallistui 114 100 nuorta ja niitä järjestämässä oli 4280 nuorta. Tapahtumien laatu sai nuorilta, opettajilta sekä lajiliittojen ja alueellisten liikuntaorganisaatioiden edustajilta pääosin hyvää palautetta. Tarkasteltaessa liikuntaharrastuneisuuden edistämistä, nuorten raportoimat mahdollisuudet ja koetut esteet liikunnan harrastamiselle ulottuvat omiin vanhempiin ja kavereihin liittyvistä tekijöistä oman elinympäristön estäviin ja mahdollistaviin seikkoihin. Nuorten omilla tapahtumilla kouluissa oli vaikutusta kenties enemmän nuorille annettujen vastuuroolien monipuolistumiseen (osallisuusnäkökulma) kuin välttämättä suoraan nuorten liikunta-aktiivisuuteen, sillä lajivalikoima tapahtumissa oli suhteellisen suppean nuorten joukon valitsema ja kytkökset mahdolliseen nuoria lähellä olevaan harrastustoimintaan vasta orastavia. Alueellisissa tapahtumissa ja Suurtapahtumissa laaja lajivalikoima tarjosi mahdollisuuksia kokeilla sekä itselle tuttuja että uusia lajeja. Kampanjassa aikaansaatiin isoja nuorten liikuntatapahtumia, joita nuoret olivat toteuttamassa. Tulevaisuudessa tapahtumiin voitaisiin lisätä entistä enemmän kytköksiä nuoria lähellä olevaan harrasteliikuntatarjontaan tai sen kehittämiseen heidän toiveensa huomioiden. Nuorten roolia tapahtuman järjestämisen eri vaiheissa voitaisiin myös entisestään lisätä. Yourmove.fi-sivusto saavutti vuoden 2011 tammi-kesäkuussa 147 415 kävijää, joista uniikkeja kävijöitä oli 100 702. Suurtapahtuman aikaan Your Moven Facebook-yhteisössä aktiivisia käyttäjiä kuukauden aikana oli yli 54 000. Kumpikin osa-alue saavutti tavoitteensa. Your Moven tuotteistamisessa tai brändäämisessä onnistuttiin, ja sosiaalisella medialla on ollut tässä merkittävä rooli. Kampanjan monipuoliset satsaukset mediaan ja sosiaaliseen mediaan tulevat oikeutetuksi kampanjan toimintojen jatkuessa myös tulevaisuudessa. Arvioimme, että Your Move -kampanjan ansiosta Nuori Suomi ja SLU ottivat merkittävän askeleen nuorten liikuntaharrastuneisuuden ja osallisuuden tukemisessa. Kampanjan teemojen toivotaan tulevaisuudessa korostuvan Nuoren Suomen ja SLU:n sekä jäsenorganisaatioiden strategisessa suunnittelussa.
Kampanjan päätoimintamuotona olivat nuorilta nuorille järjestetyt tapahtumat: alueelliset tapahtumat, nuorten omat tapahtumat kouluissa sekä Suurtapahtuma Helsingissä. Aineistona tutkimuksessa käytettiin sekä kampanjan dokumentti- että tutkimustiimin keräämää monipuolista kenttäaineistoa. Kampanjan saavutukset ovat lukumäärällisesti tarkasteltuna merkittäviä: yhteensä 141 tapahtumaan osallistui 114 100 nuorta ja niitä järjestämässä oli 4280 nuorta. Tapahtumien laatu sai nuorilta, opettajilta sekä lajiliittojen ja alueellisten liikuntaorganisaatioiden edustajilta pääosin hyvää palautetta. Tarkasteltaessa liikuntaharrastuneisuuden edistämistä, nuorten raportoimat mahdollisuudet ja koetut esteet liikunnan harrastamiselle ulottuvat omiin vanhempiin ja kavereihin liittyvistä tekijöistä oman elinympäristön estäviin ja mahdollistaviin seikkoihin. Nuorten omilla tapahtumilla kouluissa oli vaikutusta kenties enemmän nuorille annettujen vastuuroolien monipuolistumiseen (osallisuusnäkökulma) kuin välttämättä suoraan nuorten liikunta-aktiivisuuteen, sillä lajivalikoima tapahtumissa oli suhteellisen suppean nuorten joukon valitsema ja kytkökset mahdolliseen nuoria lähellä olevaan harrastustoimintaan vasta orastavia. Alueellisissa tapahtumissa ja Suurtapahtumissa laaja lajivalikoima tarjosi mahdollisuuksia kokeilla sekä itselle tuttuja että uusia lajeja. Kampanjassa aikaansaatiin isoja nuorten liikuntatapahtumia, joita nuoret olivat toteuttamassa. Tulevaisuudessa tapahtumiin voitaisiin lisätä entistä enemmän kytköksiä nuoria lähellä olevaan harrasteliikuntatarjontaan tai sen kehittämiseen heidän toiveensa huomioiden. Nuorten roolia tapahtuman järjestämisen eri vaiheissa voitaisiin myös entisestään lisätä. Yourmove.fi-sivusto saavutti vuoden 2011 tammi-kesäkuussa 147 415 kävijää, joista uniikkeja kävijöitä oli 100 702. Suurtapahtuman aikaan Your Moven Facebook-yhteisössä aktiivisia käyttäjiä kuukauden aikana oli yli 54 000. Kumpikin osa-alue saavutti tavoitteensa. Your Moven tuotteistamisessa tai brändäämisessä onnistuttiin, ja sosiaalisella medialla on ollut tässä merkittävä rooli. Kampanjan monipuoliset satsaukset mediaan ja sosiaaliseen mediaan tulevat oikeutetuksi kampanjan toimintojen jatkuessa myös tulevaisuudessa. Arvioimme, että Your Move -kampanjan ansiosta Nuori Suomi ja SLU ottivat merkittävän askeleen nuorten liikuntaharrastuneisuuden ja osallisuuden tukemisessa. Kampanjan teemojen toivotaan tulevaisuudessa korostuvan Nuoren Suomen ja SLU:n sekä jäsenorganisaatioiden strategisessa suunnittelussa.
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The aim of the study was to present an overall examination of the utility of practices for evaluating youth work and the youth affairs sector and for reporting on these, and to indicate how these practices can be reshaped. This also... more
The aim of the study was to present an overall examination of the utility of practices for evaluating youth work and the youth affairs sector and for reporting on these, and to indicate how these practices can be reshaped. This also required a fresh look at and a redefinition of the youth affairs sector and its operating environment.
The study was carried out through network-based collaboration with young people, with operators and decision-makers in the youth sector, and with representatives of funding entities. The network-based collaboration emphasised the need to recognise that actions take place in a performance management environment and that the processes in youth work are diverse. There was also an understanding that improved evaluation practices would benefit all parties. In the proposals for new evaluation models the aim was to create models that would meet the aforementioned needs regarding the development of evaluation across a broad front. The study produced a number of youth work evaluation models that bring together the evaluation objective of: a) producing information for operators as a basis for further developing their operations; b) producing documentation for decision-makers and funding entities in response to the funding of youth work; c) producing information for the entire sector on the use of services and the functioning of the services domain; and d) offering young people opportunities to participate in determining the orientation of services, in the role of co-evaluators.
For practical purposes the study was divided into four sections. The section on service and development centres for youth work examined the duties and essence of the centres, which fall within the performance management sphere of the Ministry of Education and Culture, and the structural evaluation challenges. The study was undertaken as a networkbased process in cooperation with the service and development centres and representatives of the Ministry. It highlighted the extensive scope of the network as a structure producing various specialist and development services as well as youth services. The most significant development areas presented include the redefinition and highlighting of the criteria for designating service and development centres, and development of the evaluation tool used by the Ministry in evaluating the work of the centres. The study also involved an evaluation of the operation of one of the service and development centres with the aid of a deliberative discussion day method. The evaluation process drew attention to the quality criteria for specialist services. It also validated the project’s presupposition that an inclusive evaluation method that involves young people and the collaborating partners will produce benefits for all participants in the process.
In the section of the study dealing with online and local services, an evaluation was made of the extent to which six online services and the local services of one city district meet the needs of young people. The evaluators were young people, services providers and representatives of entities providing funding for the services. For the services providers and funding entities the evaluation gave rise to a number of service development ideas that were jointly discussed at length. The evaluation provided the researcher with a basis against which to compare the evaluation and reporting methods used earlier in the services and the results that emerged from these. The results of this part of the study emphasised the need for the identifiers in use today to be supplemented with elements that stress the nature of open youth work. Alongside visitor numbers the reporting should also include information on equal and unrestricted access to services, on the systematic nature of service quality monitoring, on client satisfaction and on the results concerning evaluation of the extent to which services meet young people’s needs. There also emerged a need to further develop methods that document the impact and effectiveness of open youth work and which would take account of the significance of the work not only at the individual level but also for groups, communities and society.
In targeted services (outreach youth work, youth workshops and the Nuotta social reinforcement training for young people), the study focused on defining the form of the work and developing a multiple constituency evaluation model. The methods employed were a questionnaire survey directed at operators and a dialogue-based development process. In the internal specification of the form of the work, the way forward is seen as a recasting and reorganising of the collaborative opportunities in standard and specialised youth work. This is highlighted as a youth work goal uniting the entire sector and replacing the notion of keeping different forms of work separate. Evaluation of the impact and effectiveness of targeted services can be furthered by applying the multiple constituency evaluation method to the process evaluation of a young person. With this method, the process evaluation criteria should take account of the need to be youth-oriented, the relationship between the process and the number of young people and the local availability of youth services, and the role of multidisciplinary cooperation as part of the learning and operating environments of targeted youth work. Alongside process evaluation, the application of multiple constituency evaluation to the targeted services should take account of the young person’s previous service experience and the realisation of service needs, and subsequent process evaluation.
The section of the study that deals with definition of the youth affairs sector draws attention to the shortcomings of the sector’s current definitions and presents a new analysis of the sector put together jointly by the researchers. The proposed new sectoral analysis draws on the extensive material collected in the network-based process and from youth work research. The new analysis model is proposed for wide use as a basis for evaluation of the youth affairs sector.
Keywords: youth work, youth affairs sector, upbringing, public services, effectiveness, quality, accessibility, evaluation, reporting, development, identifiers, performance management, interactive evaluation, client satisfaction, equality, unrestricted access, inclusion
The study was carried out through network-based collaboration with young people, with operators and decision-makers in the youth sector, and with representatives of funding entities. The network-based collaboration emphasised the need to recognise that actions take place in a performance management environment and that the processes in youth work are diverse. There was also an understanding that improved evaluation practices would benefit all parties. In the proposals for new evaluation models the aim was to create models that would meet the aforementioned needs regarding the development of evaluation across a broad front. The study produced a number of youth work evaluation models that bring together the evaluation objective of: a) producing information for operators as a basis for further developing their operations; b) producing documentation for decision-makers and funding entities in response to the funding of youth work; c) producing information for the entire sector on the use of services and the functioning of the services domain; and d) offering young people opportunities to participate in determining the orientation of services, in the role of co-evaluators.
For practical purposes the study was divided into four sections. The section on service and development centres for youth work examined the duties and essence of the centres, which fall within the performance management sphere of the Ministry of Education and Culture, and the structural evaluation challenges. The study was undertaken as a networkbased process in cooperation with the service and development centres and representatives of the Ministry. It highlighted the extensive scope of the network as a structure producing various specialist and development services as well as youth services. The most significant development areas presented include the redefinition and highlighting of the criteria for designating service and development centres, and development of the evaluation tool used by the Ministry in evaluating the work of the centres. The study also involved an evaluation of the operation of one of the service and development centres with the aid of a deliberative discussion day method. The evaluation process drew attention to the quality criteria for specialist services. It also validated the project’s presupposition that an inclusive evaluation method that involves young people and the collaborating partners will produce benefits for all participants in the process.
In the section of the study dealing with online and local services, an evaluation was made of the extent to which six online services and the local services of one city district meet the needs of young people. The evaluators were young people, services providers and representatives of entities providing funding for the services. For the services providers and funding entities the evaluation gave rise to a number of service development ideas that were jointly discussed at length. The evaluation provided the researcher with a basis against which to compare the evaluation and reporting methods used earlier in the services and the results that emerged from these. The results of this part of the study emphasised the need for the identifiers in use today to be supplemented with elements that stress the nature of open youth work. Alongside visitor numbers the reporting should also include information on equal and unrestricted access to services, on the systematic nature of service quality monitoring, on client satisfaction and on the results concerning evaluation of the extent to which services meet young people’s needs. There also emerged a need to further develop methods that document the impact and effectiveness of open youth work and which would take account of the significance of the work not only at the individual level but also for groups, communities and society.
In targeted services (outreach youth work, youth workshops and the Nuotta social reinforcement training for young people), the study focused on defining the form of the work and developing a multiple constituency evaluation model. The methods employed were a questionnaire survey directed at operators and a dialogue-based development process. In the internal specification of the form of the work, the way forward is seen as a recasting and reorganising of the collaborative opportunities in standard and specialised youth work. This is highlighted as a youth work goal uniting the entire sector and replacing the notion of keeping different forms of work separate. Evaluation of the impact and effectiveness of targeted services can be furthered by applying the multiple constituency evaluation method to the process evaluation of a young person. With this method, the process evaluation criteria should take account of the need to be youth-oriented, the relationship between the process and the number of young people and the local availability of youth services, and the role of multidisciplinary cooperation as part of the learning and operating environments of targeted youth work. Alongside process evaluation, the application of multiple constituency evaluation to the targeted services should take account of the young person’s previous service experience and the realisation of service needs, and subsequent process evaluation.
The section of the study that deals with definition of the youth affairs sector draws attention to the shortcomings of the sector’s current definitions and presents a new analysis of the sector put together jointly by the researchers. The proposed new sectoral analysis draws on the extensive material collected in the network-based process and from youth work research. The new analysis model is proposed for wide use as a basis for evaluation of the youth affairs sector.
Keywords: youth work, youth affairs sector, upbringing, public services, effectiveness, quality, accessibility, evaluation, reporting, development, identifiers, performance management, interactive evaluation, client satisfaction, equality, unrestricted access, inclusion
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Suomalaisen koulutuksen normatiivinen perusta on demokratia- ja ihmisoikeuskasvatuksen osalta vahva. Demokratia- ja ihmisoikeuskasvatus jää kuitenkin tällä hetkellä yksittäisten opettajien harteille, eivätkä demokratia- ja... more
Suomalaisen koulutuksen normatiivinen perusta on demokratia- ja
ihmisoikeuskasvatuksen osalta vahva. Demokratia- ja
ihmisoikeuskasvatus jää kuitenkin tällä hetkellä yksittäisten opettajien
harteille, eivätkä demokratia- ja ihmisoikeuskysymykset ole
näkyvässä asemassa oppilaitosten toimintakulttuurissa. Tarvitaan
yhteistä suuntaa ja koordinaatiota. Keskeistä on myös vahvistaa
oppilaiden ja opiskelijoiden toimijuutta omassa oppilaitos- ja
lähiyhteisössään
ihmisoikeuskasvatuksen osalta vahva. Demokratia- ja
ihmisoikeuskasvatus jää kuitenkin tällä hetkellä yksittäisten opettajien
harteille, eivätkä demokratia- ja ihmisoikeuskysymykset ole
näkyvässä asemassa oppilaitosten toimintakulttuurissa. Tarvitaan
yhteistä suuntaa ja koordinaatiota. Keskeistä on myös vahvistaa
oppilaiden ja opiskelijoiden toimijuutta omassa oppilaitos- ja
lähiyhteisössään