{"title":"Youth participation: a new approach based on the intersections between models, views and European policies","authors":"R. Barros, Angélica Monteiro, Carlinda Leite","doi":"10.13042/bordon.2022.89318","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"INTRODUCTION. Education policies have indicated the importance of youth participation in schools, which is one of the European Goals within the EU Youth Strategy framed by the EU youth policy cooperation for 2019-2027. The subject of youth participation refers to multiple definitions and diverse theoretical frameworks, which show the difficulty of finding a consensual definition or approach. The main objective of the current paper is to characterize youth participation models and to identify how those models convey different views, establishing possible connections with political discourses. METHOD. The study is based on an interpretive perspective. Data was collected by documentary analysis of 28 models of youth participation, which were analysed in the light of four pre-established categories: orthodox, multidimensional participation, qualitative and non-conformist. RESULTS. The majority of the 28 models of youth participation were specifically designed for children and young people; they fit a bottom-up perspective and were focused on non-formal education contexts. In addition, these models underline a multidimensional view of participation. DISCUSSION. The results evidence a trend towards considering an ideological relationship between youth participation and democracy, as advocated in European youth policies.","PeriodicalId":45710,"journal":{"name":"Bordon-Revista de Pedagogia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Bordon-Revista de Pedagogia","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.13042/bordon.2022.89318","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH","Score":null,"Total":0}
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INTRODUCTION. Education policies have indicated the importance of youth participation in schools, which is one of the European Goals within the EU Youth Strategy framed by the EU youth policy cooperation for 2019-2027. The subject of youth participation refers to multiple definitions and diverse theoretical frameworks, which show the difficulty of finding a consensual definition or approach. The main objective of the current paper is to characterize youth participation models and to identify how those models convey different views, establishing possible connections with political discourses. METHOD. The study is based on an interpretive perspective. Data was collected by documentary analysis of 28 models of youth participation, which were analysed in the light of four pre-established categories: orthodox, multidimensional participation, qualitative and non-conformist. RESULTS. The majority of the 28 models of youth participation were specifically designed for children and young people; they fit a bottom-up perspective and were focused on non-formal education contexts. In addition, these models underline a multidimensional view of participation. DISCUSSION. The results evidence a trend towards considering an ideological relationship between youth participation and democracy, as advocated in European youth policies.
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Bordon. Journal of Education (ISSN: 0210-5934, e-ISSN: 2340-6577), the publication of the Spanish Pedagogical Society, published continuously since 1949. Originally a monthly publication until 1973, it is now published quarterly. It is a scientific journal in the field of education and gives a humanistic and universal view as an aid for education professionals. The purpose of Bordon is expressed in its presentation article (Issue 1, Year 1, May 1949), highly significant for the cultural moment of the times, and in which it makes this brief statement: “We are attempting to provide a service to education in Spain and even worldwide. As grand as our intention may be, we still believe in simplicity. We are not upset by the risk of failure; if Bordón only becomes of interest in the world of culture and education, we will thank God for helping us hit the mark; if, however, we were to see that we do know how to achieve our goal, we would calmly but perhaps slightly melancholically allow this newborn journal to die. And perhaps in this presence of possible failure may be found the greatest guarantee of continuity, because it will be for us like a permanent call of alert.” Bordón. Revista de Pedagogía is present in all the major indices of scientific quality such as the European Reference Index for the Humanities Proquest, Ebsco… Two external reviewers evaluate all its articles, in accordance with the double-blind peer review system.