This study evaluated improvement in self-efficacy and personal and social responsibility among at-risk of dropping-out of school adolescents participating in a program in which Hellison's Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility Model was applied in physical education classes during the course of an academic year. Thirty atrisk adolescents aged 13-14 years old (23 boys, 7 girls) were assigned to an intervention group (12 boys and 3 girls) or a comparison group (11 boys, 4 girls), the latter of which did not participate in the program. Quantitative results showed a significant improvement in the students´ self-efficacy for enlisting social resources and in self-efficacy for self-regulated learning. Qualitative results showed an improvement in responsibility behaviors of participants in the intervention group. This suggests that the model could be effective for improving psychological and social development in at-risk adolescents, and that physical education classes may be an appropriate arena for working with these young people.Keywords: at-risk adolescents, personal and social responsibility, self-efficacy, physical education.Este estudio evaluó la mejora en autoeficacia y responsabilidad personal y social de un grupo de adolescentes en riesgo de abandono escolar que participaron en un programa basado en el Modelo de Enseñanza de Responsabilidad Personal y Social de Hellison, durante las clases de educación física, a lo largo de un curso académico. La muestra estuvo compuesta por treinta adolescentes de 13 a 14 años de edad (23 chicos, 7 chicas). De ellos, 12 chicos y 3 chicas fueron asignados a un grupo de intervención, y 11 chicos y 4 chicas formaron el grupo de comparación, los cuales no participaron en el programa. Los resultados cuantitativos mostraron una mejora significativa en la autoeficacia de los alumnos para conseguir recursos sociales y en la autoeficacia para el aprendizaje autorregulado.Los análisis cualitativos mostraron que los alumnos del grupo de intervención apreciaron mejoras en su conducta responsable y en la responsabilidad de sus iguales. Esto sugiere que el modelo puede ser efectivo para mejorar el desarrollo psicológico y social de los adolescentes en riesgo, y que las clases de educación física pueden ser un marco apropiado para trabajar con estos jóvenes.Palabras clave: adolescentes en riego, responsabilidad personal y social, autoeficacia, educación física.

Although the original Tool for AssessingResponsibility-based Education (TARE) has proven useful in several studies, it has limitations. The three-fold purpose of this article is to present a revised version of the TARE including a new section to measure students´ behaviors, analyze the inter-rater reliability of the instrument, and assess the relationships between results of teacher and student observations. Data from 120 3-minute intervals of instructional time in physical education and general education lessons were analyzed. Intra-class Correlation Coefficient (ICC) in conjunction with Standard Error of Measurement (SEM) analyses was conducted to assess the inter-rater reliability of the teacher observation section and the student observation section of the TARE 2.0. Additionally, differential analysis, and Pearson correlation coefficients were carried out. Findings indicate the various categories in the teacher and student observation sections have a high degree of inter-rater reliability and that there are many significant positive correlations between the two.

The purpose of this qualitative comparative case study was to examine the implementation fidelity of a program designed to deliver the Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility (TPSR) model (Hellison, 2003) through physical education and its relationship with short-term outcomes for elementary school students. The research questions were: (a) was the program implemented with fidelity, and (b) did better fidelity yield better student outcomes. Thus, we conducted a study on the implementation process used by two teachers who delivered the same program in two physical education classes in two different elementary schools in Spain. Data sources included observations and interviews with teachers and nonparticipant observers. Findings indicated that fidelity of implementation in Case 1 was higher and most children in those classes acquired the first three of five TPSR responsibility levels. Implementation fidelity in Case 2 was weaker and achievement of responsibility goals was minimal (only the first of five levels) and less stable for those students. This study is the first to directly examine the connection between TPSR implementation fidelity and student outcomes.

Se ha realizado una utilization-focused evaluation dirigida a evaluar sus fortalezas, limitaciones y aspectos susceptibles de mejora. La obtención de datos se llevó a cabo mediante la realización de una doble entrevista semiestructurada y un grupo de discusión con los profesores que implementaron el PRPS. El trabajo concluye que los principales puntos fuertes del PRPS son su aplicabilidad al contexto escolar y la capacidad de promover su desarrollo profesional. Entre las limitaciones se señala la secuenciación temporal de su aplicación, las creencias de los alumnos respecto a la EF y sus dificultades para la reflexión y el diálogo. Por último, entre los aspectos susceptibles de mejora se hace alusión a la necesidad de implicar al conjunto de la comunidad educativa y al entorno familiar, así como la conveniencia de iniciar la aplicación del programa a edades más tempranas Palabras clave: Responsabilidad, Educación Física, metodología cualitativa, evaluación.

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