Keynote speaker at the 6 February event was Nicholas Emler, Professor of Social Psychology at the London School of Economics, whose investigation of research evidence caused controversy in youth work circles last year.
Prof Emler appealed for youth workers to consider the evidence when planning their interventions with young people. The separation of theory and practice must be overcome, he argued.
Some of the evidence would appear to challenge widely accepted practice in the youth service. For example, it is commonplace for youth provision to have as one of the core aims of programmes the development of self-esteem of young people.
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