Sports in Society: Issues and Controversies Flashcards
Arguments for interscholastic sports:
Arguments against interscholastic sports:
Why might a school sports athlete do better academically when they are playing their sport?
Coaches, teachers and parents monitor athletes more closely.
Those who play varsity sports often have________________ _____________________________ that make them different from those who do not play.
Those who play varsity sports often have PRE-EXISTING CHARACTERISTICS that make them different from those who do not play.
Most of the differences between students who play varsity sports and those who don’t are due to 3 processes:
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Selection-in processes
Filtering-out processes
In-season control processes
Why is research on the consequences (negative side) of playing varsity sports hard to do?
-Too many factors related to growth and development that are influenced by things outside of the sport.
-The reason some people play a sport vary depending on situations, cultures etc. It is different from one person to another.
What does research about sports and education tell us?
- Be careful when generalizing about the educational value of sports
- Longitudinal and qualitative studies are needed to find changes related exclusively to sport participation
- Varsity athletes may be treated differently by significant others
- School sports exert an influence on the larger student culture in high schools but we don’t know much about this
5.The impact of sport participation depends on the meanings given to it
The selection process refers to the steps involved in choosing ….
The selection process refers to the steps involved in choosing people who have the right qualifications to fill a current or future job opening.
So if an athlete trying out has already got some training and a person new to the sport has not, they are likely to take the spot from the new person EVEN though the new person may have become a better athlete.
