The Sociological Study of the Eventfulness of Childhood: an Evidence-Based Design of Programs for Children and Youth
https://doi.org/10.22394/1726-1139-2025-1-72-83
EDN: GHDUFG
Abstract
The purpose of the article is to prove the possibilities and limitations of studying childhood events to justify practice-oriented projects in the field of youth policy and childhood support. The article describes main directions of the evidence-based approach in applied research. Authors argue the need to use sociological data on the scale, specifics of various situations, episodes, debut events in childhood for making management decisions in evidence-based state policy in the field of childhood and youth. The data of panel studies “Eventfulness of Childhood” implemented in 2018 and 2023 are analyzed. From an array of 100 significant childhood events, those that are most relevant for designing various programs for children and youth (deviant childhood events, introduction to subcultural practices, mastering information and communication technologies, traditional practices of mastering culture) were selected to argue the evidence-based approach. It has been revealed which groups of children and adolescents are the target audience for projects on the prevention of deviation and associative subcultural groups, introduction to reading, digital hygiene programs, etc. The prospects for development of an evidence-based approach have been identified: the imperative of using it not only at the initial stage of creating projects, but also upon completion of programs to prove effectiveness, the need to introduce research as a mandatory condition in grant programs, and a change in the priorities for selecting experts.
About the Authors
A. Yu. Gubanova
Russian Society of Sociologists
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Alexandra Yu. Gubanova, Deputy Chairman for Information Development of the Research Committee “Sociology of Childhood”, Candidate of Sociological Sciences
Moscow
E. A. Kolosova
Russian State University for the Humanities
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Elena A. Kolosova, Associate Professor of Department of theory and history of sociology of Sociological faculty, Candidate of Sociological Sciences
Moscow
A. S. V. Konyashkina
Russian State Children’s Library
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Anna Sofia V. Konyashkina, researcher of Department of Sociology, Psychology and Pedagogy of Children’s Reading
Moscow
S. N. Mayorova-Scheglova
Moscow State University of Psychology & Education
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Svetlana n. Mayorova-Scheglova, Professor of Department of Social Communication and Organization of Work with Youth of Faculty of Social Communication, Doctor of Science (Sociological Sciences), Professor
Moscow
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Gubanova A.Yu., Kolosova E.A., Konyashkina A.S., Mayorova-Scheglova S.N. The Sociological Study of the Eventfulness of Childhood: an Evidence-Based Design of Programs for Children and Youth. Administrative Consulting. 2025;(1):72-83. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22394/1726-1139-2025-1-72-83. EDN: GHDUFG
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