Children, Sport, and Physical Activity: Philosophical Dimensions

Draft Program

 

 

Wednesday May 30th

Time

Session

Speakers

Speakers

8:00 am

Early bird run/walk

Meet outside the Health Sciences Building (HSB)

 

8:00 am – 6:00 pm

Registration

HSB ground floor foyer

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10:00 am

Campus tour

Meet in the HSB at the registration table if interested

 

12:00- 12:10 pm

12:10- 12:20 pm

Opening Remarks

Introduction

Angela Schneider

John Russell         HSB 35

 

12:20 – 1:15 pm

Session 1

Opening keynote

Samantha Brennan  The Intrinsic Goods of Childhood

 HSB 35

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1:15 – 1:30 pm

Break

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1:30 – 3:00 pm

Session 2A & 2B

 

2A: Sport Ethics Initiatives in Canada

  1. Jocelyn East The True Sport Movement
  2. Angela Schneider  Towards an Understanding of ‘Asset Building Champions’ and the Potential Benefits for Children in Sport
  3. Marc Mazzucco and Peter Donnelly Enforcing Children’s Rights in Canadian Sport

HSB 35 – moderator: Nicholas Dixon

2B: Computer Gaming and Cybersports

  1. Dennis Hemphill Computer Gaming and Children’s Physical Education
  2. Sung-Min Kang Who calls cybersport sport?

 (2:00 – 3:00 pm)

HSB 11 - moderator: Peter F. Hager

3:05 - 4:35 pm

Session 3A & 3B

3A: Ethical Issues in Youth Sports: Exploitation and Normalization

  1. Charlene Weaving Sexualizing Children or just moving to the beats?: An Examination of Children and Contemporary Dance
  2. Jane Lee Sinden The Normalization and Technology of Emotion in Elite Amateur Rowing: Implications for Youth Sports
  3. Dan Collins-Cavanaugh Why the Televising of Children’s Sports is Morally Problematic

HSB 236 – moderator: Gabriela Tymowski

3B: Modes of Moral Education through Sport

 

  1. Leon Culbertson Children, Sport and Moral Education: The Moral Laboratory Thesis Revisited
  2. Fred Mason and K.W. Kirkwood Learning about Sport and Life: Moral and Ideological Lessons in Children’s Sport Films
  3. Jocelyn East Building Ethics Education for children:Canadian Athletes Talk to Us

HSB 240  - moderator: Dawn E. Trussell

4:45 – 5:00 pm

Introduction of

keynote speaker

Gabriela Tymowski

HSB 236

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5:00 – 6:00 pm

Session 4

Keynote Address

Jay Coakley Moral-Ethical Issues in Youth Sports: Beyond Anecdotes and Indignation

HSB 236

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6:00 – 8:00 pm

Dean’s Welcome Reception

 

3rd floor HSB /

ICOS

Jim Weese, Dean of Health Sciences

Nigel Crowther, Director of ICOS

Kevin Wamsley, Assoc. Dean Health Science

Earl Noble, Director of Kinesiology

Ted Hewitt, UWO VP Research

 

 

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10:00 pm - late

Optional

entertainment

Vox Dance Populi at The Alex P. Keaton (580 Talbot Street)

 

 

Thursday May 31                             

Time

Session

Speakers

Speakers

7:30 am

Early bird run/walk

Meet outside the HSB

 

8:00 - 4:00

Registration

HSB ground floor foyer

 

9:00-10:30 am

Session 5A and 5B

5A: Decreasing Harm and Increasing Protection: Policy and Legal Initiatives

  1. Steve Greenfield and Guy Osborn Protecting Children from Harm within Youth Football: Does Self-Governance Work or is there a Case for Direct Legal Intervention?
  2. Gretchen A. Kerr, Ashley E. Stirling, and Bruce Kidd Child Protection in Sport: Future Directions in Education: Research and Policy Development
  3. Bo Carlsson and Kristin Fransson The Quest for Professional Ethics in Youth Sport and Leisure

HSB 9 – moderator: Barbara Schwartz-Bechet

5B: Coaching Ethics

  1. Maylon T. Hanold Foucault’s Children: Theoretical Considerations of Ethical Coaching Practices
  2. David M. Telles-Langdon Stemming the Tide of Unethical Coaching
  3. Christopher Lirette The Moral Implications of Parents Coaching Children’s Sport

HSB 11 – moderator: Jane Lee Sinden

10:30-10:45

Break

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10:45-12:15 pm

Session 6A and 6B

6A: Sport and Child Development

  1. Göran Patriksson and Stefan Wagnsson Socialization Through Organized Children and Youth Sports in Sweden
  2. Jason Holt and Darren Kruisselbrink Kinderskills: A Perspective on Sensory Integration, Physical Activity, Sport, and Child Development
  3. Michael Barkasi The Implications of Gracian Ethnicity on Children and Sports

HSB 9 – moderator: Sheryle Dixon

6B: Rules, Regulations, and the Ethos of Youth Sports

  1. Chad Carlson Expanding Rulebooks
  2. Kevin Wamlsey Olympic Children: The Emergence of the Girl Gymnast
  3. Tamba Nlandu ‘Play Until the Whistle Blows’: On Some Misunderstandings of the Concept of Sportsmanship

HSB 317 – moderator: Fred Mason

12:15-1:15 pm

Lunch at Grad Club

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1:30 – 2:20 pm

Keynote address

Session7

Introduction Angela Schneider

Lamartine DaCosta Who's to blame for present-day children’s sport paradoxes: Socrates or Nietzsche?

HSB 322

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2:20- 2:30 pm

Break

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2:30 – 4:00 pm

Session 8

 

Teaching Sport Ethics Panel

        1.  Dennis Hemphill

        2.  Klaus Meier  

        3.  Cesar Torres

        4.  Charlene Weaving

HSB 322 – moderator: Dennis Hemphill

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4:00-5:00 pm

Free time

 

 

5:00 pm

5:50 pm

8:00 pm

Bus departs from hotel

Arrive in Stratford

Showtime

Leave for the Stratford Festival of Canada

Quick dinner on your own in Stratford

“My One and Only” Opening Night at Stratford

Free time continues for those not going to the theatre

Dinner on your own

 

 

Friday June 1     

Time

Session

Speakers

Speakers

7:30 am

Early bird run/walk

Meet outside the HSB

 

8:00 - 4:00

Registration

HSB ground floor foyer

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9:00-10:30 am

Session 9A and 9B

9A: Impacts of Sports and Sports Education

  1. Aurelio Berardi The function of Awakening of Games and Sports in J.J. Rousseau
  2. Adam Pfleegor Participation versus Performance in American Interscholastic Athletics
  3. Dawn E. Trussell More than Just Child’s Play: The Impact of Organized Sport Programs on the Family Unit

HSB 322 – moderator: Dan Collins-Cavanaugh

9B: Autonomy and Paternalism

  1. Yoshitaka Kondo Sport for Children: A Wise Paternalism of Parents
  2. Nicholas Dixon Children’s Autonomy, Parental Rights, and Sport
  3. John Russell Children, Self-Affirmation, and Dangerous Sport: Problems for Standard Models of Just Parenting

HSB 35 – moderator: Charlene Weaving

10:30-10:45 am

Break

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10:45 – 12:15

Session 10A and 10B

10A: The Purpose of Competitive Youth Sports

  1. Cesar R. Torres and Peter F. Hager Misleading Children: The Case of Organized Youth Sports
  2. Paul Rose Essential or Detrimental: An Exploration of Competition in Youth Sport
  3. Paramvir Singh Ontology of Physical Activity

HSB 322 – moderator: Douglas McLaughlin

10B: Children’s Rights

  1. Barbara Schwartz-Bechet The Right of All Children to Participate in Sports, Any Sport!  What has Been the Effect of Universal Design on Participation in Sports for Children with Disabilities?
  2. Tine Vertommen Standards of sexual harassment in sport: Perceptions and experiences among Flemish students
  3. Sarah Teetzel Privacy and Doping in Youth Sports

HSB 35 – moderator: Leon Culbertson

12:15 – 1:30 pm

Lunch at Grad Club

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1:30 – 3:00 pm

Session 11A and 11B

 

 

11A: Pedagogy Panel: Philosophical Dimensions of Children’s Sport in the Context of Schools and Physical & Health Education

  1. Ellen Singleton
  2. Malcolm Thomas
  3. Aniko Varpalotai

HSB 322 – moderator: Aniko Varpalotai

11B: International Perspectives on Youth Sports

  1. Natalie Szudy The ‘ISHRAQ: Safe Places to Learn, Play, and Grow Initiative’: An Experiment in Youth Empowerment in Egypt
  2. Abimbola Fasuyi Role of Sport in the Overall Development and Happiness of Children
  3. Taiwo Ogunlade Building a Global Childlike Peace and Unity through Children, Sport, and Physical Activity

HSB 35 – moderator: Yoshitaka Kondo

3:00 – 3:15 pm

Break

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3:15 – 4:45 pm

Session 12A and 12B

12A: Sport and Moral Development

  1. Sheryle Dixon Organized Sport: A Necessary Part of an American Childhood?
  2. Douglas McLaughlin A Grasshopper Education: On the Significance of the Lusory Attitude for Youth Sport
  3. Tommy Valentini Playing Tennis the Gustavus Way: The Three Crowns Approach to Moral Development

HSB 322 – moderator: Tamba Nlandu

12B: ‘Arete’ and the Philosophy of Sport

  1. Gregg Tweitmeyer Aristotle’s conception of Arete and the Place of Sport Records in Education
  2. M. Andrew Holowchak Aretism and Youth Sports: Changing Attitudes toward Sport from the Bottom Up
  3. Arvind Malik, V. Satyanarayana, and Arunesh Kumer Philosophy of Sports: Modern Multi-Dimensional View

HSB 35 – moderator: K.W. Kirkwood

4:45-5:30 pm

Return to Hotel

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5:30 pm

Depart for Closing Banquet

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5:30-6:30 pm

Reception

Mongolian Grill and Martini Bar

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6:30 – 8:00 pm

Dinner

Mongolian Grill and Martini Bar

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8:00 - 9:00 pm

Closing keynote

address

Introduction by Angela Schneider

Gabriela Tymowski The Sphere of Influence: Athletes, Children and the Issue of Role Modeling

 

9:00 – late

Socializing & dancing

Mongolian Grill and Martini Bar

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