TOM MARTINEK DAN MCLAUCHLIN TAMMY SCHILLING hroughout the impoverished
areas of our nation's towns and T cities, adult leaders struggle to understand why some …

Becoming an adult is a difficult process under the best of circumstances. For inner-city
children who are underserved, the transition is fraught with obstacles. The stories of children …

66 y colleagues (faculty, graduate students, and majors) and I at the University of Illinois at
Chicago (UIC) have been involved in the development of, and have been teaching in, before …

Imagine your elementary stu-dents working at fitness stations during a lesson focused on
target heart rate and goal setting. Four ofyour students are simply having a good time and …

38 n their book on reflective teaching in physical education, Hellison and Templin (1991)
ask readers to consider two questions:" What's worth doing?" and" Is what I'm doing …

During the past decade the field of youth development has grown by leaps and bounds. With
this growth have emerged numerous initiatives addressing challenges that many youth face …

H0\" many times have you heard a middle school student sav," Why are we doing this? I'll
never plav field hockey again in my life!" or'" hate basketball. Are you going to make us play …

September 2001• JOPERD• Vol. 72 No. 7 erts, 1996). When adolescents are unsure
ofthemselves and their future, or see little hope for leading a better life, their ability to make …

Professionals in educational and recreational settings work hard to understand and address
the problems faced by underserved youth. Yet the dedicated people in these institutions are …

This chapter draws attention to a specific framework used to develop experiences that
empower children to be personally and socially responsible. First, it offers a portrait of sport …