Strengths of Young People
Rithvika Senthilkumar
Christine Grové
Louisa Trainer
10.26180/5e7ac44e954cf
https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/figure/Strengths_of_Young_People/12017685
<div><p><b>“In my opinion, the strengths of young people is our ability
to use technology.”</b></p><p><b><br></b></p>
<p><b>“All of the younger generation has been raised using
technology, in all aspects of our life.”</b></p><p><b><br></b></p>
<p><b>Photographer: Rithvika Senthilkumar</b></p></div><div><br></div><div><p>This
photograph featured in the <b>Youth Booth</b>
exhibition showcasing the work of 10 Victorian young people produced over the
2019-2020 Australian summer. Their work captures their collective experience:
being digitally savvy, the stress of study, influence of social media, climate
change and the impact of poor mental health. These perspectives, along with our
video series produced alongside this, allow us to see the complex situations
that impact the youth experience of education.</p>
<p>For
schools, teachers, parents and policy-makers it highlights the importance of
listening and collaboration with young people, particularly when developing
policies and implementing practice to build more inclusive communities. For
researchers, we hope this exhibition highlights one way to use participatory
visual research methods to support and strengthen the voice of youth.</p>
<p>The
exhibition adopts a rights-based perspective which emphasises the importance
not only of listening to youth, but actively and authentically collaborating on
matters that directly affect them.</p>
<p>The
study was conducted by researchers Dr Christine Grove and Louisa Trainer in
2019-2020 at Monash University and is funded by the Monash Education Small
Grant Award.</p></div>
2020-03-25 02:39:09
Exhibition
Youth Booth
Youth Experience
Youth Participatory Research
Faculty of Education
Participatory Visual Research Methods
Qualitative Research
Sociology of Education