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Men Passionately Pursuing Purpose (MP3)

Men Passionately Pursuing Purpose (MP3). Paul C. Harris, Ph.D. Assistant Professor University of Virginia. Today’s Agenda. Your experiences Historical perspective Empowerment Theory Men Passionately Pursuing Purpose (MP3) Comments/Questions.

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Men Passionately Pursuing Purpose (MP3)

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  1. Men Passionately Pursuing Purpose (MP3) Paul C. Harris, Ph.D. Assistant Professor University of Virginia

  2. Today’s Agenda • Your experiences • Historical perspective • Empowerment Theory • Men Passionately Pursuing Purpose (MP3) • Comments/Questions

  3. What has been your experience working with Black male student-athletes?

  4. “…one of the most compelling themes in sports, one that the black athlete would revisit in various problematic iterations over time [is] the use of athletics as a ways out” (Rhoden, 2006, p. 42-43)

  5. General impact of high school sports participation • Better academic performance • Better psychosocial adjustment • Positive youth development • Educational attainment Bradley et al, 2013;Gardner et al, 2008; Holt, 2008; Renfrow et al, 2011

  6. Previous Research • Sports enhance Black males’ educational attainment (e.g. Eide & Ronan, 2001) • Sports are educationally exploitive (e.g. Miller et al., 2005; Harris, 2008) • Junior varsity sports positively impacts the college enrollment of Black males (Harris, 2012) • Black male student-athletes graduate college at much lower rate than other groups (Harper et al., 2013)

  7. Empowerment Theory • “The process of increasing personal, interpersonal, or political power so that individuals, families, and communities can take action to improve their situations” (Gutierrez, 1995)

  8. Personal Empowerment Process • Critical Consciousness • Positive Identity • Social Action

  9. Men Passionately Pursuing Purpose (MP3) • Counseling group • School-based, 8 week experience • Psychoeducational group • Monthly workshops • Service Learning • Student-driven

  10. Counseling Group • Session 1 – What’s in a name? What’s in your world? • Session 2 – Control exercise (outer circle) • Session 3 – Control exercise, cont’d. (inner circle) • Session 4 – Guest speaker (s) • Session 5 – 720; Defining life’s purpose; Vision statements • Session 6 – S.M.A.R.T. goals • Session 7 - Wildcard

  11. Counseling Group • Session 8 • Participants • In one word, describe your experience in the MP3 group • In 3 sentences or less, describe why you chose that word to describe theexperience. • Share and discuss each participant’s written responses. • Facilitator • 1 Individual compliment/observation of growth/strength for each participant • Revisit meaning of men passionately pursuing purpose • Revisit importance of confidentiality • Admonition for continued progress/follow-through

  12. Celebration

  13. How are students different? • Student Self-efficacy scale • Grades, attendance • Learning behaviors scale • Multiethnic identity measure • Critical incidents questionnaire

  14. Questions/Comments Paul C. Harris, Ph.D. paulcharris.com

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