Reflecting on Children, Youth and Leisure

Wednesday 14th April 2010 10am-4pm

A one day seminar presented by the School of Sport, Tourism and the Outdoors,
University of Central Lancashire, Preston in partnership with Leisure Studies Association

 Programme
9.30-10:00 Arrival and Registration
10:00-10:10 Welcome and Opening Comments
10:10-10:50 Key Note 1     Professor Ken Roberts, University of Liverpool 'Children, young people and leisure: Whose problem?'
10:50-11:30 Key Note 2     Professor Nigel Thomas, Uclan 'Researching with children and young people'
11:30-11:45 Refreshment break
11:45-12:15 Dr Carolyn Downs, University of Salford 'Playing in a virtual bedroom: Youth leisure in the facebook generation'
12:15-12:45 Laura Green, Brunel University 'One size doesn't fit all: participatory sports projects with non-sport girls'
12:45-1:15 Lunch
1:15-1:45 Gemma Hart and Maxine Gregory, SIRC Sheffield Hallam University 'Methodological issues in tracking the sustainability of young people in sport and physical activity: an example of Sport England's Sport Unlimited programme'
1:45-2:15 Dominic Cunliffe, Southampton Solent University 'Preferred learning styles: Implications for coaching children'
2:15-2:45 Toni Hilland, Liverpool John Moores University 'Exploring the contribution of multi-dimensional correlates to adolescents' physical activity'
2:45-3:15 Maxine Gregory and Gemma Hart, SIRC Sheffield Hallam University 'Enhancing opportunities to engage in 'physically active leisure' case study data from Sport England's Sport Unlimited programme'
3:15-3:30 Refreshment break
3:30-4:00 Parallel Session 1a:     Clint Godfrey, Uclan 'Examining the effectiveness of sport for development programmes for young people'
3:30-4:00 Parallel Session 1b:    Dr Donna Wong, Uclan 'Young people, new media and sport'
4:00-4:30 Parallel Session 2a:    Dr Jonathan Magee, Uclan 'Come on my Son! Examining fathers in English youth football'
4:00-4:30 Parallel Session 2b:    Mac Macarthy, Uclan 'I' is someone else: Examining the contribution of school sport and leisure to homophobia amongst young people'
4:30-4:40 Closing remarks

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