Positive Youth Development Through Sport

Positive Youth Development Through Sport by Nicholas L Holt

The first Positive Youth Development title to focus on the role of sport, this book brings together high profile contributors from diverse disciplines to critically examine the ways in which sport can be and has been used to promote youth development. Young people are too frequently looked upon as problems waiting to be solved. From the perspective of Positive Youth Development (PYD), young people are understood to embody potential, awaiting development. Involvement with sport provides a developmental context that has been associated with PYD, but negative outcomes can also arise from sport participation and school PE. Sport itself does not lead to PYD; rather, it is the manner in which sport is structured and delivered to children that influences their development. Positive Youth Development Through Sport fills a void in the literature by bringing together experts from diverse disciplines to critically examine the ways in which sport can be and has been used to promote youth development.

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ISBN 13	9780415771528
ISBN 10	0415771528
Title	Positive Youth Development Through Sport
Author	Nicholas L Holt
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2007-08-21
Number of pages	144
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