Research Methods for Sports Studies

Gratton, Chris; Jones, Dr Ian; Jones, Ian

doi:10.4324/9781315796222

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“…From this information thirteen potential interview candidates were identified and eleven responded positively when contacted, leading to the completion of ten interviews. Clear criteria are needed to enable the intended purposive screening and the selection of appropriate cases (Gratton & Jones, 2004). A series of screens were used to identify potential candidates, the visitors in the sample had to be aged 55 to 74 years, reside in the North of England and be repeat visitors to the resort (for details see table 2).…”

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‘We had the most wonderful times’: seaside nostalgia at a British resort

Jarratt

Gammon

2016

Tourism Recreation Research

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'We had the most wonderful times': seaside nostalgia at a British resort. DAVID JARRATT and SEAN GAMMONMorecambe is a traditional British seaside resort that experienced a dynamic ebb and flow of visitors. It still attracts visitors, many of whom are from the North of England and in the second half of their lives. The experiences of such traditional seaside markets have not been examined as carefully by academics in recent years as one might assume. All too often this subject falls between the gap between serious academic study and popular culture, which supports narratives focussing on the apparent decline of an idealised seaside (Walton, 2014). Instead this paper attempts to gain an understanding of this seaside experience, and is based around ten semi-structured interviews with 55-74 year old repeat North of England visitors to Morecambe. It considers their nostalgic connection and reaction to the resort, which emerged as a significant element of visitor experience. The seaside is considered timeless by these visitors and facilitates a reverie through which one can temporarily revisit a past which is populated by childhood memories of family members. The resort allows visitors to fleetingly transcend time, through immersion in the unchanging resort with its timeless seacape. This reconnection with the past highlights a dissatisfaction with the present which hinges on the loss of childhood. Yet nostalgia also allowed for a positive re-telling of the past which underpinned family narratives and contributed to the cross-generational appeal of the beach.

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‘We had the most wonderful times’: seaside nostalgia at a British resort

Jarratt

Gammon

2016

Tourism Recreation Research

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“…According to this method, first, data is collected from the sampling group in order to identify relationships between the patterns and then generalized back to the population (Gratton & Jones, 2010).…”

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Participation Motivation in University Students Who Engage in Different Team Sports

Üstün¹

2018

WJE

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The aim of this study was to examine the motives for university students who engage in different team sports mutually. The cross-sectional method was used in the study. The study sample consisted of 280 university students from Dumlupinar University School of Physical Education and Sports. The participants were chosen according to stratified random sampling method and participated in the study voluntarily. In the study in order to collect data Turkish version of Gill and colleagues' Sports Participation Questionnaire was used. In the evaluation of the data in addition to descriptive statistical methods, MANOVA was used as the hypothesis test. According to MANOVA results, there were significant differences between the motives for university students in achievement, physical fitness, skills development and movement/being active factors. The findings of this study can assist intercollegiate coaches and athletic administrators to understand the motivational patterns of university students for participating in sports and allow them to develop strategies which can prevent students from quitting sports participation and exercise.

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“…Manual coding counters the limitations of the decontextualization rendered by a computer programme, where underlying meanings and conceptual decisions are unable to be made yet (Denscombe, 2007). The majority of each case summary was covered by the final themes showing that they were well chosen or exhaustive (Gratton& Jones, 2003). The sum for themes theoretically could exceed 100% as content was often aligned to more than one theme due to much interrelatedness.…”

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Autonomous Space Exploration Online in a Writing SAC or OWL

Denekamp

2017

SSRN Journal

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Virtual spaces to help learn a language or write autonomously have become common and are only likely to increase. Multiple resources can be placed on a site easily accessible 24/7 and computer mediated communication in various forms can supply needed human interaction spaces. But how are these sites used by the local students? Following the path of several individuals in detail can allow more understanding and depth of the precise usage of space. This paper tracks two Arab students exploring and using a newly formed online self-access centre (SAC) for writing or online writing lab (OWL) for the best part of a semester. As an exploratory action research study, it was data driven and multiple data sources were mainly unobtrusive so that the study could proceed very naturally. The choices, learning style, autonomy types and personality differences between the two students suggest a range of support is ideal in an online SAC to cater for individuals in this context, including resources, how to learn, 1-1 asynchronous with advisor (emails), forums, electronic writing raters, and a high profile test. Ongoing action research should help to keep the online facility relevant to needs and open to new ways.

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Research Methods for Sports Studies

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‘We had the most wonderful times’: seaside nostalgia at a British resort

‘We had the most wonderful times’: seaside nostalgia at a British resort

Participation Motivation in University Students Who Engage in Different Team Sports

Autonomous Space Exploration Online in a Writing SAC or OWL

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