Student Athletes: Werner Von Braun
Research Methods
Research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I’m doing.
Werner von Braun
Research
• Knowing things
• How do you know?
• Direct Experience – through observation
(Methodology)
• Agreement reality (those things we “know” as part of the culture we share with those around us) and experiential reality.
Human Inquiry
1) All people exhibit a desire to predict their circumstances. a. Getting an education will affect how much money we earn later in life
b. Swimming beyond the reef may bring an unhappy encounter with a shark.
Human Inquiry
2) We also learn that such patterns of cause and effect are probabilistic.
a. Students learn that studying hard produces good grades in most instances, but not …show more content…
This study will assist young student-athletes to see what behaviors are desirable so they can meet their developmental needs and achieve professional skills in their chosen sports at the same time earning a college degree.
• Educational Sector – Colleges and universities would benefit from this study by knowing the feedback from the student-athletes themselves. The result of this study can be their guide to develop programs that enhance the holistic development of student-athletes who represent the school in activities on and off the field.
• Guidance and Counselling Practitioners – The result can be used as their guide in developing counseling programs that are responsive to the needs of student-athletes.
• Coaches – The result of this study can be used as a guide for coaches in understanding the tremendous effort needed by student-athletes in keeping a balance between academic and athletic responsibilities. • Parents and Family Members - The result of this study can provide idea to the parents and …show more content…
Retrieved October 7, 2013 http://www.sagepub.com/upm-data/48453_ch_1.pdf,
Phenomenology
In contemporary social science, the term is used more broadly to denote the study of individuals’ perceptions, feelings, and lived experiences. Smith, Flowers, and Larkin
(2009), for example, define phenomenology as
a philosophical approach to the study of experience . . .
[that] shares a particular interest in thinking about what the experience of being human is like, in all of its various aspects, but especially in terms of the things that matter to us, and which constitute our lived world. (p. 11)
Qualitative Research Defining and Designing (n.d.). Retrieved October 7, 2013 http://www.sagepub.com/upm-data/48453_ch_1.pdf,
Ethnography
Ethnography literally means “to write about a group of people.” Its roots are grounded in the field of anthropology and the practice of in situ research, where a researcher is immersed within the community he/she is studying for extended periods of time. Early 20th-century anthropologists such as
Bronislaw Malinowksi and Franz Boas pioneered traditional ethnography, which historically has focused on the cultural dimensions of life and behavior, such as shared practices and belief
Research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I’m doing.
Werner von Braun
Research
• Knowing things
• How do you know?
• Direct Experience – through observation
(Methodology)
• Agreement reality (those things we “know” as part of the culture we share with those around us) and experiential reality.
Human Inquiry
1) All people exhibit a desire to predict their circumstances. a. Getting an education will affect how much money we earn later in life
b. Swimming beyond the reef may bring an unhappy encounter with a shark.
Human Inquiry
2) We also learn that such patterns of cause and effect are probabilistic.
a. Students learn that studying hard produces good grades in most instances, but not …show more content…
This study will assist young student-athletes to see what behaviors are desirable so they can meet their developmental needs and achieve professional skills in their chosen sports at the same time earning a college degree.
• Educational Sector – Colleges and universities would benefit from this study by knowing the feedback from the student-athletes themselves. The result of this study can be their guide to develop programs that enhance the holistic development of student-athletes who represent the school in activities on and off the field.
• Guidance and Counselling Practitioners – The result can be used as their guide in developing counseling programs that are responsive to the needs of student-athletes.
• Coaches – The result of this study can be used as a guide for coaches in understanding the tremendous effort needed by student-athletes in keeping a balance between academic and athletic responsibilities. • Parents and Family Members - The result of this study can provide idea to the parents and …show more content…
Retrieved October 7, 2013 http://www.sagepub.com/upm-data/48453_ch_1.pdf,
Phenomenology
In contemporary social science, the term is used more broadly to denote the study of individuals’ perceptions, feelings, and lived experiences. Smith, Flowers, and Larkin
(2009), for example, define phenomenology as
a philosophical approach to the study of experience . . .
[that] shares a particular interest in thinking about what the experience of being human is like, in all of its various aspects, but especially in terms of the things that matter to us, and which constitute our lived world. (p. 11)
Qualitative Research Defining and Designing (n.d.). Retrieved October 7, 2013 http://www.sagepub.com/upm-data/48453_ch_1.pdf,
Ethnography
Ethnography literally means “to write about a group of people.” Its roots are grounded in the field of anthropology and the practice of in situ research, where a researcher is immersed within the community he/she is studying for extended periods of time. Early 20th-century anthropologists such as
Bronislaw Malinowksi and Franz Boas pioneered traditional ethnography, which historically has focused on the cultural dimensions of life and behavior, such as shared practices and belief