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SUMMARY:Learning in an informal\, out of school space in Cape Town\, South
  Africa: The story of 'Youth Amplified Radio Show'  - Adam Cooper\, Facult
 y of Education\, University of Cambridge 
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CONTACT:Ting Ding
DESCRIPTION:This presentation explores how South African youth from poor\,
  urban neighbourhoods learn about themselves and the society in which they
  live\, in an informal space that comprised a youth radio show at Africa
 ’s oldest community radio station. ‘Space’ is conceptualized not as 
 a preexisting entity\, but as something that is produced through social pr
 ocesses: in this case the production of the Youth Amplified space had prof
 ound implications for ‘how’\, ‘what’ and ‘why’ young people en
 gaged with learning in this context. \n\nYouth from four diverse high scho
 ols in the Cape Town metropole (three of which are substantially under-res
 ourced schools)\, took part in the project. The radio show was intended to
  1) provide young people with opportunities to engage with materials- such
  as documentary films\, newspaper articles\, popular music and their own o
 pinions and 2) comprise a research process which could illuminate how yout
 h learn in this kind of space.\n\nThemes that emerged from the actual live
  shows and off-air interactions included ‘race and inequality’\, ‘th
 e manner in which the institutional cultures of youths’ schools infiltra
 ted the Youth Amplified space’ and ‘learning to play a role as a parti
 cipant in talk radio without resorting to personal attacks on others’.\n
 \nImplications of the research for youth identity formation\, learning and
  other more formal learning spaces\, such as the classroom\, will be discu
 ssed.\n
LOCATION:Room 2S8\, Donald McIntyre Building\, Faculty of Education\, 184 
 Hills Road\, Cambridge
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