Intervention workshop with youth worker professionals and social in- and exclusion of danish youth in educational settings

This paper is part of the research project conducted by UCC on social communities and their relation to education among youth in institutional settings. A key objective of the research project is to investigate how professionals may cooperate to facilitate inclusive environments to ensure that children and young adults are able to participate in activities that may change and challenge positions of in- and exclusion.
To fulfill this objective and to disseminate research findings to the practice field, the project has conducted an intervention workshop involving youth worker professionals. This intervention was the first of an ongoing series of workshops with youth workers and teachers.
There were two specific aims of the intervention workshop:
1. To bring together practitioners and researchers to reflect upon and discuss the importance of social community among youth in relation to education with the intention of strengthening practice as well as the research project
2. To explore how research may inform practice and impact the understanding and actions of professionals in their practice