{"id":4220,"date":"2020-01-14T09:23:51","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T08:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ma57.dk\/?p=4220"},"modified":"2022-08-16T09:46:56","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T07:46:56","slug":"make-an-effort-new-book-about-children-and-young-people-in-school-sport-and-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ma57.dk\/en\/make-an-effort-new-book-about-children-and-young-people-in-school-sport-and-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you best – New book about children and adolencents in school, sport and society"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cTalk nicely\u201d, \u201cBehave well\u201d and \u201cDo your best\u201d. Born in the 1950\u2019s, raised as a child in the 1960\u2019s and adolencent in the 1970\u2019s, expressions like these have always had value and meaning to me. But the words for today\u2019s children and adolencents have different values \u200b\u200band meanings than for my generation. Every generation, every culture and every society has different values \u200b\u200bthat are difficult to transform into the ones that follow. That is why the four authors \u2013 Pia Schou Nielsen, Per Andersen, Poul Erik Kristensen and Jakob Freil \u2013 ask themselves a very large, important and difficult task in the book: \u201cDo you best \u2013 in school, sports and society \u201d, which was released in October 2019.<\/p>\n

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Focus on and examples from football \u2013 but also general knowledge about children and adolencents behavior and attitudes<\/strong><\/p>\n

The book\u2019s four authors have many decades of experience with sports, especially with football. This means that the book contains many good stories and examples of behavior, language and attitudes of children, adolescents and their parents. The empiricism is derived partly from the authors\u2019 practical, educational experiences with teaching, coaching, matches and competitions and partly from interviews with exciting and competent football players, coaches, volentary leaders and educational staff in institutions and schools. On the one hand, anecdotes and examples from football, which is by far the most popular sport in Denmark, both girls and boys, are very dominant in the book. On the other hand, it is a marked weakness of culture, behavior, language and values \u200b\u200bfrom other sports, both team sports such as handball, ice hockey and volleyball as individual sports such as athletics, swimming and gymnastics, are not described or discussed to any significant extent. There are, in my opinion, more differences than similarities when it comes to the DNA of each sports \u2013 not least when it comes to children and adolencents.<\/p>\n

Strong values and attitudes are necessary \u2013 also in relation to the daily lifes of children and adolencents<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The book contains three main sections, divided into 9 chapters. The first four chapters present a solid theoretical knowledge of children and adolencents of today, primarily illuminated and discussed based on Danish literature, studies and research. It does not seem logical to me to start the book with a definition of winning culture with examples of \u201cHigh Performance team\u201d such as Manchester United. The authors correctly point out that a tough high performance culture with a unilateral focus on results and a culture of perfection among Danish children and young people has a number of particularly unfortunate consequences for the \u201ccore\u201d of the individual child, namely confidence, self-control, empathy, sense of responsibility and ability to be part of communities. For that reason, in my opinion, children\u2019s and youth coaches, educators, teachers, volentary leaders and parents should not seek the most important inspiration for establishing and developing well-runned sports environments in elite sports. Elite sports and high performance are \u201ccut to the bone\u201d about prioritization and selection \u2013 and to a much lesser extent about joy, well-being and inclusion. The book\u2019s second chapter is a description and discussion about the \u201ccurling culture\u201d, which has characterized the upbringing and attitudes of too many families, schools and clubs over the past decades. For the vast majority of children, upbringing and education today happens outside the family and through social media. Mother and father are usually working outside the home, and many hours of the children and adolencents are spent outside the home \u2013 in the nursery, kindergarten, school, SFO and club. Sweeping resistance away from well-meaning adults does not develop independent and robust children. The authors should be commended for highlighting clear statements and attitudes, e.i. in conflicts among children. Statements such as \u201c\u2026 teaching children to cope and recover from conflict and adversity is an excellent and useful employment, which is a basic prerequisite for coping as an adult in a complex high-speed society and many conflicting interests and ways of life\u201d and \u201cIt is an important part of healthy child development, that the children develop social learning and personal qualities to get well and strengthened out of a stressed situation. They learn how conflicts can be handled and overcome without bullying or violence as the preferred solution \u201d(page 51) is a competent response to too much adult control and management in the vast majority of children and adolencents\u2019s daily lifes.<\/p>\n

Social relationships and good manners must be learned \u2013 they do not come by themselves<\/strong><\/p>\n

The third chapter of the book introduces one of the book\u2019s most valuable theoretical contributions and, in the words of the authors, \u201ca summary model for understanding and communicating the book\u2019s messages\u201d: the relationship model or the formation circle. Every human being must establish, develop and master skills at three different levels: Individual \u2013 Relational \u2013 Collective. Today\u2019s children and adolencents are formed and developed in a complex world, where many stakeholders and relations influence the opportunities for children and adolencents to thrive and do well. Children are formed and developed through early relations and upbringing in the family, but also through institutions such as kindergartens, schools and clubs, and not least through friends and social media, to a much greater and stronger extent and content than ever before. In this area, the authors also have some clear messages and recommendations: \u201cA solution to the challenges of children and adolencents with robustness and mental strength seems to lie in the relational skills \u2013 the ability to play well with each other, as an individual and as a group. Performance plays out right in between individual and collective skills \u201d\u2026\u201d The ability to perform as an individual and a team can be trained and needs to be framed. It requires effort and team collaboration on everyone\u2019s part. Especially in the early years the children\u2019s core must be cultivated. Later, the necessary life skills and game plans for the individual and the team must be strengthened \u201d(page 293). The last theoretical chapter presents a number of general psychological concepts and more or less scientific theories, for instance persistence, impulse control, behavioral and personality profiles (red, blue, yellow and green category), risk behavior, inner\u00a0 motivation \u2013 all in all a messy and incoherent chapter that lacks quality.<\/p>\n

Lots of good and useful tools<\/strong><\/p>\n

The following four chapters and the second part of the book \u2013 \u201cToolboxes for gameplan and the adult as leader\u201d (Chapter 5), \u201c\u2026 you as a parent\u201d (Chapter 6), \u201c\u2026 you as a teacher and educator\u201d (Chapter 7) ) and \u201c\u2026 you as a volunteer in an organization or association\u201d (Chapter 8) \u2013 contains lots of quality. In these chapters, the author\u2019s extensive knowledge and practical tools come into play in an excellent way. The four chapters contain a series of concrete exercises, examples, cases and reflection questions, which both provide the reader with new knowledge and challenge views, attitudes and behaviors in relation to their own practice. It is also a great strength that the individual chapters relate to different arenas for children and adolecents daily lifes and that cases from sports other than football are described. Each chapters contain a series of topics and dilemmas that can be used with great advantage in teacher education, coaching courses in associations and clubs, in parenting meetings and all other places where the framework and conditions for children and adolencents everyday life are discussed.<\/p>\n

A qualified counterplay to \u201cthe individual child at the center\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The final chapter of the book summarizes in a clear and precise way the most important reflections, messages and recommendations. The authors summarize the three main themes for the development of robust and viable children and adolescents, namely good manners, performance culture and the need for leadership. It is liberating \u2013 and far from ordinary \u2013 to hear such a clear statement as the following: \u201cThere seems to be a need for adults in all spheres involving children and adolescents to take on clear leadership and seek companionship. There is a need for a clear framework on children\u2019s education, upbringing and behavior, and outlines how they want it. As adult leaders for the various arenas where children are located, we have a very important task in teaching our children and adolencents how to master life in a changing world and in a society where, like on the football field, things often go very fast. Whatever role we play in the child or adolecent\u2019s life, and whatever arena we encounter it, we have a responsibility to make every effort and ensure that they thrive, learn the right skills, and prepare for life. It places great demands on us as human beings and on our society \u201d<\/p>\n

It has been worth all the effort to read the book. It is highly recommended to anyone who wants children and adolencents all the best.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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