Dream Teens – a “voz” dos jovens na discussão de problemas da sua geração

Abstract

RESUMOEstudos recentes têm vindo a identifi car a necessidade de promover a "voz" dos jovens, bem como a importância da sua integração enquanto participantes ativos no processo de investigação. Contudo, em Portugal, são diariamente tomadas diversas decisões relacionadas com os jovens, nas quais estes não possuem qualquer poder de opinião ou decisão. O Dream Teens surgiu como resposta a essa necessidade. Iniciada em março de dois mil e catorze, essa rede de jovens portugueses, com idades compreendidas entre os onze e os dezoito anos, forneceu uma estrutura de apoio para que as suas ideias fossem ouvidas, promovendo a participação social e o espírito empreendedor em contextos e cenários políticos, nas áreas da educação e saúde. Neste estudo de identifi cação das necessidades dos jovens e de estratégias de abordagem dos problemas da sua geração, recolhidos com base na discussão ativa de temas relacionados com a saúde, bem-estar e sociedade, é apresentada uma categorização da "voz" dos jovens. Assim, com base numa aná lise exploratória e criteriosa, de teasers/desafi os lançados no grupo Facebook do projeto, são apresentados exemplos da "voz" dos jovens às categorias e subcategorias com um maior número de respostas, as quais se destacam: os amigos no nível relacional, e o pensamento crítico relacionado com a sociedade no nível cognitivo. O pensamento crítico relacionado com a escola, pertencente ao nível cognitivo, foi o assunto menos comentado nestes discursos. São ainda apresentadas implicações desse projeto na participação social/ cidadania ativa. Palavras-chave:Debate; Desafi os; Jovens; Participação Social; Promoção da Saúde; "Voz". ABSTRACTRecent studies have identifi ed the need to promote the youth "voices", as well as the importance of their integration as active participants in the research process. However, in Portugal, a number of youth-related decisions are taken on a daily basis in which youth have no power of opinion or decision. Dream Teens emerged as a response to this need. Started in March two thousand fourteen, the network of Portuguese youth with ages between eleven and eighteen years old, provided a support structure so that their ideas could be heard, promoting their social participation and entrepreneurship in contexts and political scenarios in the areas of education and health. In this study of youth needs and strategies identifi cation, to approach the problems of their generation, gathered on the basis of active discussion of issues related to health, well-being and society, a categorization of youth "voice" is presented. Thus, based on an exRevista Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano -ISSN 2317-8582

Dream Teens Project in the Promotion of Social Participation and Positive Youth Development of Portuguese Youth

“…With a strong interest in issues associated with critical thinking related to society (cognitive level) and friends (relational level), young people had a lower participation in school-related topics (cognitive level) (Branquinho, Cruz, & Matos, 2017).…”

“…In search of the matters most and least prioritized (Branquinho, Cruz, & Matos, 2017), it highlights the critical thinking related to the society and friends as preferred topics pertaining to cognitive and relational level, respectively, contrasting the slightest interest in issues related to the school, part of the cognitive level. Other studies support these results, showing that young people attribute an important role to friends during their development process (Berndt, 2002), and reveal a certain disenchantment with school (Matos, Gaspar, Cruz, & Neves, 2013;Matos, Gaspar, Tomé, & Cruz, 2012).…”

“…Based on the discussion challenges posted on Facebook groups (Branquinho, Cruz, & Matos, 2017), drivers of the collection of their needs and strategies for their problems, a summary table of the challenges launched in each theme was created (with categories and subcategories), number of challenges, respective responses and average responses per challenge.…”

“…The data collected through the challenges posted on Facebook (Branquinho, Cruz, & Matos, 2017) were initially subject to a content analysis, based on an interpretative approach and later grouped according to the Integrative Conceptual Model for Healthy Development of Adolescents (Kia-Keating et al, 2011). The summary table allowed an analysis of the most and least prioritized themes.…”

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“…Similar to the studies by [14,15], the participants' satisfaction with their participation in the project was evaluated. Thus, at the end of each practical session, the children responded to the satisfaction assessment with the program.…”