Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility Through Physical Activity, now entering its third edition, attests to author Don Hellison&;s ability to shape and develop character and responsibility in children. Perhaps the success of Hellison&;s book can be attributed to his status not only as a highly respected scholar-activist but as a teacher who worked in the trenches with inner-city kids. Kids in any situation will benefit from the thoroughly updated material in this edition, which presents practical, proven, easy-to-implement ideas for teaching personal and social responsibility (TPSR) in school, after school, and in alternative settings. It also supplies direction in teaching affective and social moral goals, an in-depth look into teaching character development and values, and a method for helping students develop personal and social responsibility. Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility Through Physical Activity offers much new material: &; Strategies for alternative schools, afterschool programs, and the emerging youth development movement &; Vignettes sprinkled throughout the chapters, written by TPSR instructors in various settings &; Several chapters that have been completely overhauled &; An expanded assessment chapter to help readers evaluate the impact of TPSR on their kids and apply the strategies &; One new chapter on combining responsibility-based youth development with teacher preparation in physical education In addition, the book features &;Kid Quotes&; to help readers understand how kids respond to the TPSR approach, as well as forms and charts to help readers put the ideas and strategies to use. The result is a field-tested book that is the accepted curricular model in the field&;and a resource that will ena …
