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Acommunitycapacitybuildingapproachtosport-basedyouthdevelopment
GarethJones,MichaelEdwards,etc
Abstract
Positiveyouthdevelopment(PYD)isthemostpopularframeworkguidingsport-for-development(SFD)research.Todate,muchofthisworkhasfocusedonhowsportprogramsarepurposefullydesignedtopromotePYDoutcomes.However,theyouth-contextinteractionsthatformthetheoreticalbasisofPYDoccuracross
allaspectsofyouthecologies,meaningyouthSFDorganizationsaremosteffectivewhentheyenhancethecapacityofcommunitiesaswell.Althoughtheneedtoexpandcurrentyouth-centredperspectiveshasbeennotedbySFDscholars,implementingthisinsightintopracticehasprovendifficult.Inthispaper,theauthorsprovideaconceptualadvancementtotheliteraturethroughthreeobjectives.First,atheoreticalbasisforlinkingPYDandcommunitycapacityframeworksisprovided.Second,specificcapacitybuildingstrategiesarecriticallyexploredwithinthecontextofyouthSFDorganizations.Third,acommunitycapacitybuildingapproachtosport-basedPYDispresentedanddiscussedinlightofkeyconsiderations.
Keywords:
Youthsport,Sportfordevelopment,Communitysportorganizations,Communitysport,Community
1.
Introduction
Positiveyouthdevelopment(PYD)isoneofthemostpopularareasofsport-for-development(SFD)researchandpractice,witharecentreviewby
Schulenkorf,Sherry,andRowe(2016)
indicatingthatPYDisthemostcommonframeworkguidingSFDscholarship.Todate,muchofthisworkhasfocusedonthe“programdeliverylevel”ofsport,highlightingtheuniqueaspectsofSFDprogramsthatpromotePYDoutcomes.However,theyouth-contextinteractionsthatformthetheoreticalbasisforPYDarenotconfinedtoprogramsettings,andoccuracrossallaspectsofyouthecologies(Brennan&
Barnett,2009).Assuch,SFDorganizationsaremosteffectivewhentheynotonlypromotePYDoutcomesthroughintentionalprogramming,butalsoleveragetheirpositionwithincommunitiestoenhancethebroaderecologicalsystemswithwhichyouthinteract(Haudenhuyse,Theeboom,&
Nols,2013).Nevertheless,translatingthistheoreticalinsighttopracticehasprovendifficult,withmanyPYD-focusedorganizationscritiquedforattemptingto“solvebroadgaugeproblemsvialimitedfocusinterventions”(Coalter,2010a,p.295).
Communitycapacitybuildingprovidesaviableframeworktostrengthenthisimportantnexusbetweentheoryandpractice.
Chaskin(2008,p.70)
definedcommunitycapacityasthe“interactionofhumancapital,organizationalresources,andsocialcapitalwithinagivencommunitythatcanbeleveragedtosolvecollectiveproblemsandimproveormaintainthewell-beingofagivencommunity.”Sincecommunitiesaredynamicandendowedwithdifferentresources,capacitybuildingfocusesoncultivatingandstrengtheningtheuniqueelementsthatallowthemtofunctionwell.Despiteastrongbaseoftheoreticalsupport,
Simmons,Reynolds,andSwinburn(2011)
indicatedthereisanotablegapin“reportingwhat[community]capacitybuildingprocessesmaylooklike”(p.197).Indeed,whilegeneralrecommendationsareavailable,successfulactivationdependslargelyonunderstandinghowstrategiesmaybeimplementedinspecificcontexts(Labonte&
Laverack,2001).GiventheprominenceofPYDwithinSFDresearchandpractice,aswellastheacknowledgedneedtoexpandcurrentindividual-orientedapproachestoprogramming,integratingcommunitycapacitybuildingandPYDperspectivesrepresentsanimportanttheoreticaladvancementtothecurrentliterature.
Thispapercontributestothatobjectiveviathreesteps.First,thePYDperspectiveiscriticallyreviewedtoestablishatheoreticalbasisforintegratingcommunitycapacitybuilding.Second,specificcapacitybuildingstrategiesareexaminedwithinthecontextofyouthSFDorganizations.Third,acommunitycapacitybuildingapproachtosport-basedPYDispresentedanddiscussedwithinthecontextofmacrosystemfactorsthatshapeimplementation.Collectively,thesecomponentsstrengthenthetheoreticalunderpinningofyouthSFDorganizationsandmaximizetheireffectivenesstoyouthandcommunities.
2.
Theoreticalbasis
2.1.
Positiveyouthdevelopmentandsport
Positiveyouthdevelopment(PYD)emergedattheturnofthe21stcenturyasaparadigmforadolescentresearchfocusedonpositiveaspectsofyouthdevelopment(Lerner,2005).Theoretically,PYDisrootedbroadlyindevelopmentalsystemstheoriesthatfusebiologicalandecologicalperspectivesofhumandevelopment(Lerner,2005).Inparticular,
Bronfenbrenner(1992)
providesausefulframeworkforunderstandingthe“developmentalecology”ofyouth.Broadlyspeaking,Bronfenbrennerhierarchicallyorganizedyouthecologiesintomultiplelevelsofinfluence,startingwiththe
microsystems
thatyouthdirectlyint