Youth Development through Recreation and Sport

3 ch (3C) · Undergraduate

Examines theories and frameworks guiding the delivery of community recreation and sport programs and services for youth. Explores the systems of power, the diverse needs and identities of youth, contexts for program and service provision (e.g., afterschool programs, camps), and current issues in society that influence youth development. Values students’ lived experience as knowledge to be situated within theoretical and empirical contributions to support application and integration of learning.