Shaping ethics: youth workers matter.
The authors propose that youth workers and educators committed to informing and shaping the ethical understandings of young people first need to explore and become aware of their own ethics. This requires front-line staff and caregivers to critically reflect on the impact their day-to-day choices and decisions have on youth. Once they become clearer about their own ethics and the consequences of their decisions, youth workers are then in a position to promote opportunities for youth to make ethical choices. The authors use observations and ideas from their experiences with the Minnesota Youth Work Institute. Their overarching aim is to promote ethical congruence between what is taught, how it is taught, and how it is practiced in daily work with youth.
Walker
Joyce A
JA
Youth Development Leadership Masters of Education Program, College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota, USA.
Gran
Cecilia F
CF
Curiel
Arnoldo
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