Integrating Service Learning Into the Sport Management Curriculum

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-69
Author(s):  
Priscila Alfaro-Barrantes ◽  
Brittany L. Jacobs ◽  
Brian Wendry
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Small Business ◽  
New England ◽  
Sport Management ◽  
Business College ◽  
Management Curriculum

This paper is an extension of a 2019 NASSM Teaching & Learning Fair presentation. It outlines two activities that have been integrated into the sport management curriculum at a small business college in New England.

Integrating Blended Learning Within Sport Event Management Curriculum

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leeann M. Lower-Hoppe ◽  
Liz A. Wanless ◽  
Sarah M. Aldridge ◽  
Daniel W. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Blended Learning ◽  
Sport Management ◽  
Student Assessment ◽  
Course Evaluation ◽  
Event Management ◽  
Sport Event ◽  
Pedagogical Strategies ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Learning Types ◽  
Management Curriculum

Experiential learning is a critical component of sport management education and industry preparation; however, the inclusion of time-intensive experiential projects can displace content learning. Blended learning integrates face-to-face and online instruction to enable the space to maximize multiple learning types. This article proposes an innovative experiential project that integrates blended learning—implemented in a sport event management course—with reflection and scholarship supporting the pedagogical strategies. The article concludes with implications to optimize blended learning (e.g., multimedia, pedagogical workshops, course evaluation), enhance communication (e.g., office hours, discussion forum, orientation video), and expand student learning outcomes (e.g., reading outlines, video lectures, student assessment).

Post-Graduation Impact of a Program Planning Service-Learning Project

2020 ◽  
pp. 237337992090764
Author(s):  
Deb Risisky ◽  
Tess Goldson ◽  
Robert DeMezzo
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
New England ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Program Planning ◽  
Public Health Workforce ◽  
Health Promotion Program ◽  
Group Settings ◽  
Health Course ◽  
The Impact

Research has shown that service-learning can increase student-learning outcomes across various disciplines. Service-learning opportunities have been steadily increasing in college settings, especially in health-related fields. This evaluation of an undergraduate public health course at a mid-size, public university in New England sought to understand the impact of service-learning on material retention, internships, and post-graduation public health careers. A 25-item questionnaire was emailed to students who took the course between the Fall 2010 and Spring 2016 semesters with 75 completed (33.3% completion rate). More than half of the respondents noted that their participation in a service-learning project positively affected their internship experience, their first post-graduation job, and their overall career, while also helping them retain the course material after graduation. Open-ended responses provided insight to the qualitative responses. Respondents noted that in addition to having the understanding and ability to put on programs in their community, they also had more confidence in their abilities. The opportunity to practice public speaking skills as well as work collaboratively in group settings, were both noted as essential skills needed to succeed in the public health workforce. It was concluded the project had a positive impact on student’s learning and retention in planning, implementing, and evaluating an actual health promotion program as well as how they were able to use those skills in their careers.

Service-learning focused on the professional advancement of recreation therapy

2009 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 5-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
David B. Jones, EdD, CTRS
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
New England ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Educational Opportunity ◽  
Practical Knowledge ◽  
Recreation Therapy ◽  
Professional Advancement ◽  
The University ◽  
Learning Focused ◽  
And Training

Service-learning can provide students with opportunities to gain invaluable insight related to the context of professional practice while offering practical benefits to the recreation therapy profession. Recreation therapy students, through their senior capstone management course at the University of Southern Maine, planned, implemented and evaluated a professional conference that focused on recreation therapy licensure. Students not only obtained practical knowledge and training, they also provided a timely educational opportunity for recreation therapy specialists in Maine and New England. Just as importantly, participation in this service-learning project greatly enhanced the students’ professional identities.

Teaching Sport Management Through Service-Learning: An Undergraduate Case Study

Quest ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 251-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mick Jackowski ◽  
Laurie Gullion
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Sport Management

The Conscience and Commerce of Sport Management: One Teacher’s Perspective

2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary A. Hums
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Sport Management ◽  
Good Citizen ◽  
Sport For Development ◽  
Sport Industry ◽  
Management Curriculum ◽  
Spirit Of Sport ◽  
The Temple ◽  
Teacher's Perspective

Although the sport industry continues to evolve, one thing has not changed—the need for sport managers to be good citizens. What does it mean to be a good citizen and how does that relate to us as sport management educators and researchers? This lecture suggests what we as sport management educators can do to help our students become better citizens in this day and age. As new issues emerge, our graduates will be forced to make decisions which often place the Temple and the Agora—the spirit of sport and the business of sport, the conscience and commerce of sport management— in opposition to each other. These new issues encompass topics such as social entrepreneurship, technology, environmental respect, sport for development and peace, and sport and human rights, and need to be woven into the fabric of our sport management curriculum.

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