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Tutka, Patrick; Seifried, Chad – Quest, 2015
The goal of this research endeavor is to take the previous calls of sport scholars to expand into alternative research approaches (e.g., history, case study, law reviews, philosophy, etc.) and to show how storytelling can be an effective tool through the use of a heuristic device. The present analysis attempts to focus on the usage of the…
Descriptors: Athletics, Scholarship, Heuristics, Story Telling
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Ciomaga, Bogdan – Quest, 2014
The sociology of sport literature is now sufficiently broad to allow a general analysis of research patterns in this field. To facilitate the identification of these vectors of expansion, sources referenced in articles published in "Sociology of Sport Journal and Journal of Sport and Social Issues" between 2003 and 2011 are examined in…
Descriptors: Athletics, Sociology, Journal Articles, Content Analysis
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Smith, Wayne W. – Quest, 2011
How we learn motor skills has always been of interest to physical educators. Contemporary conceptual frameworks about motor skill learning draw from earlier behavioral and cognitive psychology learning theories. As a point of departure this paper foregrounds complexity theorizing, arguing that skill is contingent upon the performer's physical and…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Physical Education, Social Influences, Psychomotor Skills
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Sartore, Melanie L.; Cunningham, George B. – Quest, 2007
Research suggests that females are vastly under-represented in the upper echelons of sport organizations. As such, the purpose of the current article was to apply a symbolic interactionist perspective to the lacking presence of women in leadership positions of sport organizations. The model proposes that gender-role meanings and stereotypes…
Descriptors: Athletics, Females, Gender Bias, Leadership
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Figler, Stephen K. – Quest, 1983
This article discusses Thorstein Veblen's views, which appeared in "The Higher Learning in America" in 1918, about the business-like posture being assumed by college administrators and the importance athletics programs were being given in the colleges. Questions are raised about whether contemporary athletics programs are truly…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Athletics, College Administration, College Role
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Malloy, David Cruise; Zakus, Dwight H. – Quest, 2004
The literature discussing harassment issues in sport primarily focuses on sexual harassment and abuse. Discussion of this topic is dominated by definitions of harassment in terms of the biological, psychological, cultural, and organizational rationale for its occurrence and a variety of educational methods to transmit the "facts" of this…
Descriptors: Sexual Harassment, Psychology, Educational Methods, Moral Values
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Owens, Lynn M.; Ennis, Catherine D. – Quest, 2005
The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of three theoretical frameworks that appear related to teachers who manifest an ethic of care. An in-depth review of related literature develops Noddings' theory of the ethic of care, focusing on defining care in teaching. It is further supported with theories of moral development, the theory…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Ethics, Moral Development