Development of the Human Rights in Sports Education Program for the College Student-Athletes

Abstract

PURPOSE This study aimed to develop a sports-related human rights education program for college student-athletes. METHODS To do this, literature reviews, individual interviews, and experts’ meeting data were collected. The data were analyzed using content analysis and domain analysis. RESULTS The study involved five steps. First, the literature reviews examined the problems and improvement points regarding previous sports-related human rights education programs. Second, the direction of human rights in sports education programs was developed based on certain development principles and criterion. Third, eight sports-related human rights education lesson plans were developed. Each lesson plan had a format that contained lesson objectives, ice breaking quizzes, core contents, discussion sections, and essential summaries. Fourth, the program was validated using a pilot test. Last, a “human rights in sports” instructor education program was executed. CONCLUSIONS The program can be effectively used among college student-athletes.

Utilizing Topic Modeling to Establish Sustainable Public Policies by Analyzing Korea’s Sports Human Rights over the Last Two Decades

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“…LDAvis gauges topic similarity and condenses it to convey the relevance of each topic in two dimensions [45]. As researchers, we can arbitrarily set the number of topics, but with limited expert knowledge about the content, we cannot easily select the appropriate number [19]. For this reason, we applied topic modeling by repeatedly measuring the coherence and perplexity, checking the extent to which topics are classified.…”

Exploring Social Media Commentary Pertaining to Physical and Sexual Abuse in South Korean Ice-Skating

“…Therefore, the South Korean government fostered elite athletes through national level policies, only focusing on their athletic performance and the results of competition. Simply put, many people believed they didn’t care about other aspects of athletes’ lives, such as providing proper education for student-athletes and the lives of retired athletes (Heo, 2011; Hong & Ryu, 2007). The South Korean government asked their athletes to become a patriot by winning gold medals, a trend that has continued in South Korea ever since (Lim & Huh, 2009).…”

A Study on Negative Human Rights-Related Experiences of Female College Student Athletes in South Korea

“…According to a previous study, Yu & Yi (2004) demonstrated that athletes form a unique culture that differs from the school culture of ordinary students. In addition, Hong & Yu (2007) pointed out that student athletes experience some sort of an 'island' culture by being isolated from ordinary students. Therefore, in the case of athletes, policies should be prepared and implemented to increase opportunities for various experiences such as studies, friendships with general university students, and clubs to reduce experiences of "isolation" and "alienation" among college students who are also athletes.…”