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Ties That Bond: Youth Sport as a Vehicle for Social Identity and Positive Youth Development
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Bruner, Mark W.; Balish, Shea M.; Forrest, Christopher; Brown, Sarah; Webber, Kristine; Gray, Emily; McGuckin, Matthew; Keats, Melanie R.; Rehman, Laurene; Shields, Christopher A. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2017
An emerging area of research has focused on understanding how the group dynamics of a sport team influence positive youth development (PYD). The identities that youth form through their membership in sport teams (i.e., social identities) have been found to influence teammate behavior and team performance. Yet, minimal work exists on social…
Descriptors: Team Sports, Youth, Group Dynamics, Regression (Statistics)
Life Skills Coach Training Manual.
Saskatchewan NewStart, Inc., Prince Albert. – 1971
Ways of helping coaches to counsel unemployed adults in the solving of their personal problems are explored in this manual. Originally printed as two separate volumes, this reprinting of the study has bound the two together. Volume I involves a general discussion of life's problems and of the need to solve them. This volume contains four parts.…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Behavior Change, Group Dynamics, Individual Development
May the Spirits Go with You: False Face Reflections on the Great River.
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Horwood, Bert – 1992
A professor of outdoor and experiential education reflects on the development of group relations and on lessons in outdoor ethics learned during a canoe trip in the Canadian Arctic. Written to celebrate a transforming experience, this paper illustrates the experiential learning and individual development that can result from intensive outdoor…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Canoeing, Ethics, Experiential Learning
New Learning Models for the New Knowledge-Based Economy: Professional and Local-Personal Networks as a Source of Knowledge Development in the Multimedia Sector.
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Tremblay, Diane-Gabrielle – 2001
The role of professional and local-personal networks as a source of knowledge development in the new knowledge-based economy was examined in a 15-month study that focuses on people working in the multimedia industry in Montreal, Quebec. The study focused on the modes of exchange and learning, collaborative work, and management and development of…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Competence, Foreign Countries, Group Dynamics
Community Development. Adult Education Series. Discussion Paper Eight.
Lethbridge Univ. (Alberta). Four Worlds Development Project. – 1984
One in a series of resources for community groups, this paper provides a theoretical model of community development and relates it to the history, needs, and characteristics of native communities. The introductory section discusses the philosophy and goals of the series, which promotes the development of "core groups"--small community…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Alcohol Education, American Indian Culture, Canada Natives
Helping Your Community. Adult Education Series. Discussion Paper Nine.
Lethbridge Univ. (Alberta). Four Worlds Development Project. – 1984
Group discussion and learning activities are featured in this paper, the ninth in a series of resources for community development groups. The introduction defines the nature and goals of "core groups"--small community groups that will discuss the possibilities of individual and community transformation and promote new, life-enhancing…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Alcohol Education, American Indian Education, Canada Natives