Civic Engagement Through Youth Sports

Abstract

This teaching resource integrates civic engagement with sociology and geospatial mapping by encouraging students to observe and interview volunteers in a youth sports league at their local community park. By applying sociological theories in a community setting like parks and recreation centers where youth sports teams practice and play, students learn...

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Details

Subject Area(s):

Children and Youth, Community, Leisure/Sports/Recreation

Resource Type(s):

Assignment

Class Level(s):

College 300

Class Size(s):

Medium

Usage Notes

This teaching resources can be used as a framework for organizing a class centered on public sociology, civic participation, or ethnography. The learning activities can be used with the course or the instructor can substitute their own learning activities for this course. 

Learning Goals and Assessments

Learning Goal(s):

1. Learning Objectives
   The purpose of this activity is to help you practice the build reach these learning objectives that are essential to your success in this course and in your professional life beyond school:
   ● Objective 1: Reflect on the similarities and differences between one’s own attitudes and beliefs and those of other cultures and...

Goal Assessment(s):

1. Reflection activities and civic learning activities are assessed on completeness, not correctness. The goal is to get students out into their communities, involved with youth sport leagues.