The emerging field of youth development has recently focused on fostering leadership qualities. Embracing the idea that children are capable of being leaders when given the chance, Martinek and Hellison describe actual programs that have been developed. These programs become the basis for a range of recommendations for planning, conducting, and evaluating leadership programs for young people, particularly urban youth. Useful for teachers, coaches, and youth agency program leaders, this work compiles ideas suitable for children in fourth grade through high school.
Author(s): Don Hellison, Tom Martinek
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 218
Contents......Page 6
List of Figures......Page 8
List of Tables......Page 10
Foreword......Page 12
Preface......Page 14
Acknowledgments......Page 20
Part I: What's Worth Doing......Page 22
1. Developing Youth into Leaders through Sport and Physical Education......Page 24
2. Youth Development, Sport, and Youth Leadership......Page 36
3. Youth Leadership, Social Justice, and Citizenship......Page 48
Part II: Stages of Youth Leadership......Page 60
4. Stages of Youth Leadership Development......Page 62
5. Stage One: Learning to Take Responsibility......Page 72
6. Stage Two: Leadership Awareness......Page 86
7. Stage Three: Cross-age Leadership......Page 96
8. Stage Four: Self-actualized Leadership......Page 110
Part III: Making Leadership Work......Page 122
9. Relationships with Leaders......Page 124
10. Problem-solving in Youth Leadership......Page 134
11. In-school Physical Education......Page 146
Part IV: Is It Working?......Page 156
12. Assessment......Page 158
13. Research on Youth Leadership Programs......Page 174
14. Making It Happen......Page 186
Epilogue: Three Questions......Page 194
Appendix 1......Page 200
References......Page 202
C......Page 214
L......Page 215
S......Page 216
Y......Page 217
