Learning about the "real world" in an urban arts youth program

Journal of Adolescent Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 244-268

  Larson, Reed W ^a   Walker, Kathrin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; After school programs; Practitioners; Real world; Youth; Youth development

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646184545     PISSN: 07435584     EISSN: 15526895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0743558405285824     Document Type: Article

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