Past Learning Series Event
Physical Activity as a Context for Youth Development
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About the Topic
A panel of researchers from Tucker Center for Research on Girls and Women in Sport discussed how physical activity is a primary context for youth development. Evidence suggests that physical activity across a variety of settings and contexts contributes to the developmental process of youth in important ways.
Dr. Nicole LaVoi and Dr. Diane Wiese-Bjornstal discussed findings from the newly released report “Physical Activity and Sport in the Lives of Girls,” an updated version of the groundbreaking 1997 President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports report.
Dr. Maureen Weiss offered insights from her research with the First Tee Project, a youth development program using golf as a context for positive development that illustrates transfer of life skills to such areas as school, home, and out-of-school time activities.
About the Presenters
- Researches the social psychology of sports, particularly as it relates to girls' physical activity, within the Tucker Center and the Minnesota Youth Sport Research Consortium at the University of Minnesota.
- Is associate director of the Tucker Center.
- Is research associate at the University of Minnesota in Sport Psychology.
- Researches youth sport and the psychology of sport injury.
- Is associate professor in the University of Minnesota School of Kinesiology
- Is affiliated scholar with the Tucker Center and collaborative member of the Minnesota Youth Sport Research Consortium at the University of Minnesota.
- Teaches graduate-level courses in sport psychology, competitive sport for children and youth, and the psychology of sport injury
- Researches the psychological and social development of children and adolescents through participation in sport and physical activity.
- Conducts a longitudinal study of positive youth development through sport, the First Tee program. The program's essential components are context (golf), external resources (coaches trained in the program), and internal assets (the life skills curriculum) for promoting positive outcomes.
- Is professor at the University of Minnesota School of Kinesiology.
About the event
Sponsor: The University of Minnesota Extension Center for Youth Development
Date/place: May 13, 2008, at the University of Minnesota
Questions or Comments?
Contact Ann Lochner at (612) 624-8190 or lochn006@umn.edu
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About the Learning Series
Sponsored by the University of Minnesota Extension Center for Youth Development, these events are planned and hosted by the Center’s Research and Evaluation Unit in partnership with the Applied Research Collaborative on Youth Development (ARCYD).
ARCYD is a network of researchers, evaluators and policy leaders dedicated to generating applied research that bridges research findings with policy solutions for youth.
