Sublime

On the workshop: The low teacher-student ratio (4:16), the deliberate cultivation of community, the concentration on fun, the valuing of personal experience, the adaptability of staff and the open acceptance of differences among and between students contributed to an inclusive and diverse learning environment — an ideal teaching environment, one wi... See more

.@tombennett71 on what good schools do to manage behavior successfully. #rEDNYC https://t.co/nFPtKwSIRs

A measure or rationale for making difficult decisions with young people can be found in the UNCRC ‘best interests’ principle. It is important to ask what the benefits for all young people are, what the direct outcomes or consequences will be for those who participate in the decisions and who will be affected by them – be these effects moral, ethica... See more

It is important to be reminded of the ‘voluntary association’ principle in youth work (UN Committee on the Rights of the Child 2009) and that as soon as young people are mandated or obliged to participate, this undermines the point of participation as well as a key principle of youth work.