Developing Youth Work Innovation - E-handbook

Abstract

Developing Youth Work Innovation e-Handbook is focused on Innovation in youth work. It is intended for practitioners who are looking for innovative tools to use in their activities with young people, including digital youth work. The authors are recognized trainers of the presented tools of the book. The approaches covered in this book are: Art of Hosting, Design Thinking, Humour Techniques, Learning Experience Design, Digital Storytelling, Gamification, Photovoice, Visualisation and Animation Techniques. In this eHandbook, practitioners can find step-by-step methods and activity descriptions that can be put into practice immediately. In addition we have included more inspiration on the good European practices of innovation in the youth work to the e-Handbook. The e-Handbook is an intellectual output of the EU Funded KA2 – Strategic Partnership for Innovation Project “Future Labs – Innovation in Youth Work”. The book is freely available as an e-book at www.humak.fi. The limited edition of the print version is published by Humak University of Applied Sciences, Finland, the biggest educator and developed of the Youth Work in the Europe.