Supplemental text for college PE methods or curriculum courses; primary text for class management, behavior management, and teaching responsibility courses. Resource for K-12 PE teachers, classroom teachers, youth workers, administrators, and coaches who inspire to build character.
Table of Contents:
Part I: Ideas
Chapter 1. What's Worth Doing?
What's Worth Doing in Our Professional Lives?
Birth of Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility
Toward a Working Theory-in-Practice
After-School, Youth Development, and Alternative School Programs
Influence of Related Social and Educational Issues
There Are No Silver Bullets
Take-Aways
Chapter 2. A Framework for Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility
Core Values
Assumptions
Levels of Responsibility
Program Leader Responsibilities
Daily Program Format
Other Aspects of the TPSR Framework
Take-Aways
Chapter 3. Levels of Responsibility
Progression of Levels
Cumulative Levels
Five Levels
Level Modifications
Levels and Empowerment
Take-Aways
Part II: Strategies
Chapter 4. Daily Program Format
Program Leader Responsibilities and the Daily Format
Relational Time
Awareness Talk
Physical Activity Plan
Group Meeting
Reflection Time
Take-Aways
Chapter 5. Embedding Responsibility in the Physical Activity Content
Physical Activity Content
Strategy Progression
Level I Strategies
Level II Strategies
Level III Strategies
Level IV Strategies
Level V Strategies
Take-Aways
Chapter 6. Strategies for Specific Problems and Situations
Self-Reflection
Reflection-in-Action
Fattening Our Bag of Tricks
Level I: Individual Discipline Problems
Level I: Conflict Resolution Strategies
Level II: Teaching by Invitation
Level III: Struggles With Empowerment
Level IV: Helping and Leadership Problems
Level V: Specific Problems Outside the Gym
Take-Aways
Chapter 7. Being Relational With Kids
Four Relational Qualities
Having the Courage to Confront
Relational Qualities and Relational Time
Program Leader Qualities and Skills
Teaching Students With Different Cultural Backgrounds
Take-Aways
Part III: Implementation
Chapter 8. TPSR in Physical Education Teacher Education: One Teacher's Explorations
Teaching TPSR in Physical Education Teacher Education
Apprenticeship
Site-Based Practicum or Internship
Conference Workshop or Short Course
One-Week Intensive Elective
Semester-Long Elective
Within a Required Activity Course
Within a Required On-Site Undergraduate Methods Course
Required Methods Course in an After-School Program
Framework for a Teacher Education Program
Summary Thoughts
Take-Aways
Chapter 9. Coaching Clubs and Other TPSR Structures
Coaching Clubs
Cross-Age Teaching and Leadership
TPSR in Organized Sport
Responsibility-Based Fitness Centers
TPSR on the Playground and at Recess
TPSR in the Classroom
Schoolwide Adoptions of TPSR
Take-Aways
Chapter 10. Getting Started
Context
Self-Assessment
First Steps
Advanced Steps
Teaching as a Subversive Activity
Take-Aways
Chapter 11. Assessment and Evaluation Strategies
Student Assessment
Teacher Evaluation
Program Evaluation
Take-Aways
About the Author :
Don Hellison, PhD, was a professor in the college of education at the University of Illinois at Chicago and codirector of the Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility (TPSR) Alliance. He worked extensively with high-risk youth, was a distinguished research fellow at Adelphi University, and was a visiting professor at numerous universities in the United States and in Canada.
Much of Hellison's work focused on the development, implementation, and evaluation of alternative physical activity program models that teach life skills and values, especially for underserved youth.
He published numerous books, articles, and book chapters. Hellison received many awards, including the Gulick Medal (AAHPERD's highest honor) and the International Olympic Committee's President's Prize. He received grant support for 25 projects, served on three editorial boards, and was editor of Quest for two years. He gave keynote addresses, made presentations at professional meetings, and conducted workshops for teachers and youth workers in most of the 50 states, several Canadian provinces, and Israel, Korea, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, England, and Spain. He also served on numerous committees for several professional associations.
Don Hellison passed away in 2018.
