Positive Youth Development Through Sport

Code:

PDCD039

Acronym:

DEBDH

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Sports Sciences

Instance: 2021/2022 - SP

Active?	Yes
Course/CS Responsible:	Sport Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
PDCD	1	Plano em vigor a partir de 2009	1	-	5	45	135

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

This curricular unit (CU) aims to promote the deepening and consolidation of the students’ knowledge about the assumptions, conceptual foundations and practices most adopted in the field of the positive development, especially through sport, seeking thereby to promote the acquisition of knowledge and skills to intervene effectively in this area later.

Under the teaching of this CU, students must:

i) demonstrate high knowledge of the main literature on the positive development of young people, both in terms of its conceptual basis as the design and implementation of intervention programs;

ii) develop skills in defining objectives, behavior change programs and evaluating their impact on personal and social development;

iii) improve and strengthen skills related to the different issues associated with implementation of interventions aimed at promoting the levels of personal and social responsibility and positive development of young people, through their involvement in sports contexts.

Learning outcomes and competences

The syllabus of this curricular unit is consistent with the respective goals, because it was defined to allow students to acquire an initial set of fundamental knowledge (more related to the assumptions and conceptual bases of positive development programs) to enable them to understand and better define the different options for intervention to be taken on the field and then implement it effectively.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Assumptions, principles and practices of the positive development programs

Main objectives and difficulties in implementing a positive development program

Understanding the contexts: the positive development and the participants involvement

Opportunities for growth: promoting the levels of personal and social responsibility

Skills to develop and use by the implementers of the programs and by their recipients

Evaluating the effectiveness of the positive youth development programs

Mandatory literature

Hellison, D,; Teaching Responsiblity Through Physical Activity, Human Kinetics, 2003 (2nd edition)
Hellison, D,; Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility Through Physical Activity, Human Kinetics, 2010
Lerner, RM, Roesner, RW, &, Phelps, E; Positive Youth Development and Spirituality: From Theory to Research., Templeton Press, 2008
Shek, DTL, Sun, RCF, Merrick, J; Positive Youth Development: Theory, Research and Application, Nova Science Pub Inc, 2012
Nuno Corte-Real; Do desenvolvimento positivo ao modelo de responsabilidade pessoal e social através do desporto

Teaching methods and learning activities

The adopted teaching methods take different forms:

i) Expository, with explanatory content by the faculty staff;

ii) Exploration, with reflection and analysis of texts;

iii) Interactive, with the facilitation of discussions and exhibitions on the part of the students, and

iv) Autonomous, emphasizing the student as a learning agent

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Trabalho escrito	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de projeto	10,00
Estudo autónomo	60,00
Frequência das aulas	45,00
Trabalho escrito	20,00
Total:	135,00

Eligibility for exams

The students must attend at least 75% of the classes.

Calculation formula of final grade

The student evaluation will be done by performing a work of literature review and the preparation of a research project or intervention.

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