Research Methods for Sports Studies

Gratton, Chris; Jones, Ian

doi:10.4324/9780203879382

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“…The first author positioned themselves on the perimeter of the lesson location to reduce any potential influence on the students' and teachers' behaviours (Gratton and Jones, 2004). Data collection commenced when 51 percent of the pupils entered the lesson environment and continued until 51 percent had departed.…”

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Physical activity, lesson context and teacher behaviours within the revised English National Curriculum for Physical Education: A case study of one school

Mersh

Fairclough

2010

European Physical Education Review

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This study assessed student activity levels, lesson contexts, and teacher behaviours within the revised English National Curriculum for Physical Education (NCPE). Fifteen Year 7 (age 11—12 years) PE lessons were systematically observed for each gender using SOFIT (System for Observing Fitness Instruction Time). Boys engaged in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) for 59.7 percent of lesson time compared to 46.1 percent for girls (p < .0001). Most MVPA was accrued during the NCPE lesson range and content theme of Outwitting Opponents (63 percent), and the least during Accurate Replication lessons (38.7 percent; p < .0001). Students participated in most MVPA during game play lesson contexts within the Outwitting Opponents and Exercising Safely and Effectively themes. Less MVPA was evident during management and general knowledge lesson contexts. Achievement of MVPA is a worthwhile PE goal but is influenced by a range of social, environmental and pedagogical determinants, the latter of which can be modified by teachers.

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Physical activity, lesson context and teacher behaviours within the revised English National Curriculum for Physical Education: A case study of one school

Mersh

Fairclough

2010

European Physical Education Review

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“…The study was designed as a descriptive quantitative cross-sectional study. According to this method, first, data is collected from the sampling to identify the relationships between the patterns and then generalized back to the population (Gratton & Jones, 2010).…”

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An Examination of the Workplace and Out of Workplace Leisure Behaviors of Academic Staff

Üstün

Ekinci

Süner

et al. 2020

IJPES

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This study aimed to examine the workplace and out of workplace leisure behaviors of the academic staff according to age and academic title. The study was designed as a cross-sectional quantitative study. 229 teaching academic staff from Hatay Mustafa Kemal University participated in the research voluntarily. To obtain data, workplace and out of workplace leisure behaviors scales were used. The data was analyzed with SPSS 22 for Windows using One Way ANOVA. According to analysis results, both workplace and out of workplace leisure behaviors of the academic staff significantly changed according to age and academic title. As a conclusion this study showed that the most inlying workplace leisure activity for the participants was "activities related to non-business reading," and the most distal activity was "mental activities". On the other hand, the most inlying out of workplace leisure activity was "internet-based activities", and the most distal activity was "society based activities". Besides, these preferences differed significantly according to age and academic title.

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“…In contrast to quantitative research, a qualitative approach asks questions such as 'how' and 'why'. Further, data is collected from the viewpoint of the informant and exemplified using 'for example' words or statements, which allows concepts to be explored that may otherwise be missed with other approaches (Gratton and Jones 2004;Patton 2002). Another aspect of qualitative research in general is that researchers may unconsciously add bias which can affect how the informant answers the questions.…”

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Orienteering from Cradle to Grave—How a Sport Could Offer Lifelong Participation

2021

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Background: The aim of this present study is to explore what makes orienteering meaningful and rewarding to former elite athletes’ years or even decades after ending their elite careers. Methods: Applying a qualitative approach with a case study design, data was collected through semi-structured interviews with 11 former elite orienteers from Norway and Sweden, and the data was subsequently analyzed with thematic analysis, resulting in two main themes: individually matched challenges and a social community. Results: The character, structure, and culture of orienteering both enabled and encouraged former elite athletes to make the transition into recreational sport. Even so, the characteristics of the sport related to both its structure (range of ages, level, and ambition) and organization (well-organized) as well as the participants’ backgrounds (well-educated) and intrinsic motivation (satisfaction, enjoyment, mastery) seemed to match a lifelong sport participation. Conclusions: These factors could indicate that orienteering is a sport that can facilitate a lifelong sport participation for athletes with such a background.

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Research Methods for Sports Studies

Cited by 284 publications

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Physical activity, lesson context and teacher behaviours within the revised English National Curriculum for Physical Education: A case study of one school

Physical activity, lesson context and teacher behaviours within the revised English National Curriculum for Physical Education: A case study of one school

An Examination of the Workplace and Out of Workplace Leisure Behaviors of Academic Staff

Orienteering from Cradle to Grave—How a Sport Could Offer Lifelong Participation

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