Promoting the participation of seldom heard young people: a review of the literature on best practice principles.

摘要

1. Introduction p.1.ud1.1 Backgroundud1.2 Who participates?ud1.3 Structure of the reportudud2. Methodology p.6.ud2.1 Literature selectionud2.2 Critical engagement and synthesisud2.3 Thematic structuring of the reviewud2.4 Research advisory groupudud3. Legislation and policy context p.9.ud3.1 International contextud3.2 European contextud3.3 National contextud3.4 Conclusionudud4. Seldom heard young people p.24.ud4.1 Who are ‘seldom heard’ young people?ud4.2 Conclusionudud5. Setting the context: the challenges and barriers to participation for seldom heard young people p.29.ud5.1 Barriers and challenges to participation for seldom heard young peopleud5.2 Barriers and challenges to participation for seldom heard young people in school/student councilsud5.3 Conclusionudud6. Representing the perspectives of seldom heard young people in participation structures p35.ud6.1 Improving seldom heard young people’s inclusion in participation structuresud6.2 Conclusionudud7. Improving participation experiences for seldom heard young people p.42.ud7.1 Young people’s perspectives on meaningful participationud7.2 Levels of participationud7.3 Youth development versus youth involvement approachesud7.4 Methods of participationud7.5 Informal participationud7.6 The whole-systems approachud7.7 Outcomes from participationud7.8 Conclusionudud8. Drawing key messages together p.53.ud8.1 What do we mean by ‘seldom heard young people’?ud8.2 Defining participationud8.3 Barriers and challenges to participation for seldom heard young peopleud8.4 Considerations for the development of more effective approaches to participationud9. References p.67