ABSTRACT

A phrase commonly used within high school sport is “education-based athletics”; however, there is no empirical investigation on the meaning of this phrase, nor how it is specific to the high school sport context. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine high school sport administrators’ perceptions of the meaning of “education-based” high school sport. Utilizing a grounded theory approach, nine administrators participated in interviews and defined “education-based” athletics as an extracurricular sport-based context that supports the mission of the academic institution through offering youth experiential learning of life skills with the aim of developing constructive members of society. Supplementary categories detail administrators’ aspirations for high school sport and challenges they face in actualizing those aspirations. By recognizing the purpose of sport embedded within an academic institution as a contextual obligation, practitioners and coaches will be encouraged to anchor future work toward long-term development aimed to increase civic engagement.

摘要

高中运动中通常使用的短语是“基于教育的运动”；但是，没有关于这句话的含义的实证研究，也没有针对高中体育背景的专门知识。因此，本研究的目的是检验高中体育行政管理者对“基于教育”的高中体育意义的理解。九位管理人员采用扎根的理论方法参加了访谈，并将“基于教育的”体育定义为基于课外体育的环境，通过提供青年人的生活技能体验学习来支持学术机构的使命，目的是培养具有建设性的人。社会。补充类别详细说明了管理员对高中运动的抱负以及实现这些抱负时面临的挑战。通过将体育运动嵌入学术机构中的目的作为背景义务，将鼓励从业者和教练将未来的工作锚定在旨在促进公民参与的长期发展上。