Older and wiser : new ideas for youth mentoring in the 21st century / Jean E. Rhodes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rhodes, Jean E., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Youth--Psychology.

Youth.

Youth--Counseling of.

Youth development.

Mentoring.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2020.

Summary:

"Youth mentoring is among the most popular forms of volunteering in the world. Yet, for too long, we have failed to establish whether our efforts were helping young people to succeed. In Older and Wiser, mentoring expert Jean Rhodes draws on more than thirty years of empirical research to survey the state of the field. Her conclusions are sobering: there is little evidence that most programs-even those of the most renowned and trusted organizations-are truly effective. But there is much reason for hope. Rhodes shows that targeted, evidence-based approaches can create meaningful changes in teenagers' lives. She also recommends that we invest more to support and expand opportunities for natural mentoring relationships to bloom-in schools, youth sports leagues, and community organizations"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1. "The kind of justice which only a brother can give"

2. Mentoring by the numbers

3. How did we get it so wrong for so long?

4. Giving psychology away

5. Specialized mentoring

6. The promise of embedded and blended mentoring

7. The good enough mentor

8. The road to rigor

9. Why we can't leave natural mentoring to chance

10. The future of mentoring

Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780674250109

0674250109

9780674250123

0674250125

OCLC:

1198930670