To Don Hellison and Gloria Balague for planning a very successful TPSR Conference in June 2009 at Springfield College.

To Francesc Balagué for his invaluable and expert assistance in developing this website!!!

§  Lee, O., & Martinek, T. (2009). Navigating two cultures: An investigation of cultures of a responsibility-based physical activity program and school. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 80, 230-240.

§  Wright, P. M., & Li, W. (2009). Exploring the relevance of positive youth development in urban physical education. Physical Education & Sport Pedagogy, 14, 241-251.

§  Historic Traditions and Future Directions of Research on Teacher and Teacher Education in Physical Education. Fitness Information Technology. 2009 book contains pieces by Sarah Doolittle, Don Hellison, Tom Martinek, Dave Walsh, and Paul Wright.

§   Li, W., Wright, P. M., Rukavina, P., & Pickering, M. (2008). Measuring students’ perceptions of personal and social responsibility and its relationship to intrinsic motivation in urban physical education. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 27, 167-178.

§  Monteiro TR, Pick RK, Valentini NC. Responsabilidade social e pessoal de crianças participantes de um programa de intervenção motora inclusiva. Temas sobre Desenvolvimento 2008; 16(94):202-14. [Portugese language article by our own Rosiane Pick and her colleagues]

§   Walsh, D. (2008). Helping youth in underserved communities envision possible futures: An extension of the teaching personal and social responsibility model. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 79(2), 209-221. 

§   Walsh, D. (2008). Strangers in a strange land: Using an activity course to teach an alternative curriculum model. Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 79(2), 40-44. 

§   Wright, P. M., & Burton, S. (2008). Examining the implementation and immediate outcomes of a personal-social responsibility model program for urban high school students. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 27, 138-154. 

§   Wright, P. M., Stockton, M., & Hays, N. L. (2008). The personal-social responsibility model: Exploring a novel approach to promoting gender equity and increasing relevance for adolescent females in physical education. In J. Coulter (Ed.), Progress in Exercise and Women’s Health Research (pp. 159-175). Hauppauage, NY: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

Paul Wright was inducted as an AAHPERD Research Consortium Fellow in 2009

Don Hellison was given AAHPERD’s Gullick Award in 2008

Paul Wright was given a Health Research Fellowship from the Center for Community Health in 2007 to examine the role of personal and social responsibility in urban physical education

Paul Wright has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to spend the Spring of 2010 working on a TPSR project in Valencia, Spain.

Paul Wright will be presenting at NASPE’s PETE Conference in South Carolina in October 2009 on the state of personal and social responsibilty in physical education.

Don Hellison and Tom Martinek will soon be publishing a book on developing youth leadership.

Dave Walsh and Paul Wright have research articles accepted or in press with the European journals Sport, Education and Society; Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy

Paul Wright (University of Memphis) and Dave Walsh (San Francisco State University) both received tenure and were promoted to Associate Professor in 2008 based in large part on their community-engaged work and TPSR research.