A Conceptual Model for Youth-Led Programs as a Promising Approach to Early Childhood Care and Education.

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 100886823 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1534-8687 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 15203247 NLM ISO Abbreviation: New Dir Child Adolesc Dev Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons
Original Publication: San Francisco : Jossey Bass Publishers, c1998-

Adolescent Development* ; Child Development* ; Conservation of Natural Resources* ; Leadership* ; Program Development* ; United Nations*; Adolescent ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Humans

The international community has set forth global targets that include calls for universal access to high-quality early childhood care and education (ECCE), as indicated in the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals. One major impediment to achieving this target is the lack of a skilled workforce. In this paper, we argue the case for leveraging youth as an untapped resource for supplying the workforce the ECCE system needs. Youth comprise a large proportion of the global population, and historically, although youth experience higher unemployment rates than their adult counterparts, youth are important agents of social awareness, social transformation, and community mobilization in multiple global contexts. We provide a conceptual model based on developmental theories and program examples to leverage the discourse of youth-led ECCE programs as a viable option to address workforce gaps while benefiting both young children and youth.
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Keywords: early childhood care and education; early childhood development; sustainable development goals; youth

Date Created: 20180315 Date Completed: 20180824 Latest Revision: 20180824

20231215

10.1002/cad.20233

29537185