Description
Book SynopsisThis work points out the benefits of school sports and other co-curricular activities which empower youth and dissuade them from delinquency. It also describes how these voluntary programmes motivate students to stay on at school and obtain better grades, and encourage their co-operative skills.
Trade ReviewThe author has provided a great service in compiling information regarding the positive impact of co-curricular programs. The lack of alternative programs for youth has created a crisis which this book clearly defines. Jeziorski takes the initiative inaddressing this crisis. -- Betty Hennessy, Los Angeles County Office of Education
This book is a scholarly and extremely well-written monograph that can supply the athletic administrator and/or activities director with an abundance of research, expert opinion and convincing agruments for the support of athletics and activities in our secondary schools. ...invaluable for athletic administrator and/or activity director wishing to utilize a very positive approach in interpreting the values of our programs for other administrators and boards of education. -- Betty Hennessy, Los Angeles County Office of Education * Interscholastic Athletic Administration *
...an interesting book to read and one that reassured me that our own education system is not unique in terms of its problems!> -- Huw Davies, EDUCATIONAL REVIEW
...an interesting book to read and one that reassured me that our own education system is not unique in terms of its problems! -- Huw Davies, EDUCATIONAL REVIEW
The author has provided a great service in compiling information regarding the positive impact of co-curricular programs. The lack of alternative programs for youth has created a crisis which this book clearly defines. Jeziorski takes the initiative in addressing this crisis. -- Betty Hennessy, Los Angeles County Office of Education
This book is a scholarly and extremely well-written monograph that can supply the athletic administrator and/or activities director with an abundance of research, expert opinion and convincing agruments for the support of athletics and activities in our secondary schools. ...invaluable for athletic administrator and/or activity director wishing to utilize a very positive approach in interpreting the values of our programs for other administrators and boards of education. -- Betty Hennessy, Los Angeles County Office of Education * Interscholastic Athletic Administration *
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Foreword; Preface; The Best and Worst of Times for American Youth; Behavior Standards, Self-Restraint and Implications for Democracy; Sports and Competition: Their Value to Western Civilization, Education, and Democracy; Dance of Life, Change, Adaptation
