Session: Issues in Researching Young People in Physical Activity Settings (2009 AAHPERD National Convention and Exposition (March 31

Wednesday, April 1, 2009: 3:15 PM-5:15 PM

Tampa Convention Center: 18

NASPE/Research/Curriculum and Instruction

Presider:	Nathan A. McCaughtry, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Speaker:	Kimberly Oliver, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
Panelists:	Laura Azzarito, PhD, Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom; and Amy Tischler, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

CEU OPPORTUNITY: This session focuses on opportunities and challenges in doing research with young people in physical activity settings. Keynote speaker, Kimberly Oliver, examines working with adolescent girls to: understand how they view their bodies, help them critique body messages that threaten their health; and assist them in transforming physical activity inequities. Laura Azzarito and Amy Tischler will then lead a discussion on youth physical activity and femininity/masculinity. The forum will conclude with a short business meeting.

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