scholarly journals Examining the Potential Inclusion of Adaptive Sport in the NCAA

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erik Robeznieks
Keyword(s):  
Research Question ◽  
The United States ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Life Activity ◽  
Major Life ◽  
Adaptive Sports ◽  
Dependent Variables ◽  
The Future ◽  
Collegiate Level ◽  
K 12

Executive Summary: The central research question of this study is to investigate if there is a case for the inclusion of adaptive sport in the NCAA. This study is important because of issues of equity, the sociocultural perceptions of disability and adaptive sport, the physical, social, psychological, and societal benefits of sport participation, and recent education and employment-population ratio statistics in the United States. Supporting this central question are five inquiries (the dependent variables of the study): What are the barriers and challenges for collegiate adaptive sport? What are the growth opportunities for collegiate adaptive sport? What are goals for the future of collegiate adaptive sport? What are integration strategies for collegiate adaptive sport in the NCAA? Is sport a major life activity? Based on the literature, four themes stand out regarding the advancement of collegiate adaptive sport. First, there are legal aspects such as Title IX, the Rehabilitation Act, and Americans with Disabilities Act that shape the current landscape of collegiate adaptive sports. Second, the greatest momentum for change in the NCAA could come from institutions and conferences taking a leadership role in championing change and pressuring the interdependent network of the NCAA. Third, the experience of females in collegiate athletics could be used to understand some of the challenges for adaptive sport and the top-down initiatives that could help the growth of adaptive sport. Fourth, the advancement of adaptive sport will require change in the current system and the critical change factor model by Fay (1999) can be used as a framework to understand what change factors could be effective. The research question was examined through qualitative interviews with stakeholder groups affiliated with the landscape of collegiate adaptive sport. These groups included collegiate adaptive sport athletes (A), collegiate adaptive sport staff (B), athletic department staff (C), and external organizations (e.g. national governing sport bodies) (D). The interviews were thematically analyzed to yield key themes and recommendations as they pertained to the dependent variables. There were 38 participants in the study with 3, 21, 8, and 6 people from groups A through D respectively. NCAA status for adaptive sport was found to be a desirable goal for the future and there are frameworks that can make it possible (e.g. the ECAC Inclusive Sport model). However, there must be a critical mass of adaptive sport athletes, a growth of and greater concentration of programming at the collegiate level and more purposeful and effective support from the top-down. Recommendations for how stakeholders could collaborate to grow adaptive sport at the collegiate level include: • Invest in K to 12 adaptive sport programming • Educate senior leaders of institutions and organizations about disability and adaptive sport • Create a resource guide for NCAA institutions for adaptive athlete recruitment and training • Develop an “Emerging Adaptive Sports” program in the NCAA • Create a Senior Disability or Inclusion Administrator designation for athletic departments • Expand on the ECAC Inclusive Sport Principles 1 through 3 to other conferences • Implement able-body inclusion and consider coed teams in collegiate wheelchair basketball Recommendations for future research include examining effects of K-12 programming on participation levels in adaptive sport, adaptive athlete perceptions of able-body participation in adaptive sport, the appropriate number of sponsors for an “Emerging Adaptive Sports” program, the qualitative and quantitative impact that collegiate adaptive sports programs have on their institutions, further research on sport as a major life activity, adaptive athlete experiences on coed teams, and key leader perceptions (e.g. Athletic Directors) of disability and adaptive sport.

scholarly journals Examining the Potential Inclusion of Adaptive Sport in the NCAA

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erik Robeznieks
Keyword(s):  
Research Question ◽  
The United States ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Life Activity ◽  
Major Life ◽  
Adaptive Sports ◽  
Dependent Variables ◽  
The Future ◽  
Collegiate Level ◽  
K 12

Executive Summary: The central research question of this study is to investigate if there is a case for the inclusion of adaptive sport in the NCAA. This study is important because of issues of equity, the sociocultural perceptions of disability and adaptive sport, the physical, social, psychological, and societal benefits of sport participation, and recent education and employment-population ratio statistics in the United States. Supporting this central question are five inquiries (the dependent variables of the study): What are the barriers and challenges for collegiate adaptive sport? What are the growth opportunities for collegiate adaptive sport? What are goals for the future of collegiate adaptive sport? What are integration strategies for collegiate adaptive sport in the NCAA? Is sport a major life activity? Based on the literature, four themes stand out regarding the advancement of collegiate adaptive sport. First, there are legal aspects such as Title IX, the Rehabilitation Act, and Americans with Disabilities Act that shape the current landscape of collegiate adaptive sports. Second, the greatest momentum for change in the NCAA could come from institutions and conferences taking a leadership role in championing change and pressuring the interdependent network of the NCAA. Third, the experience of females in collegiate athletics could be used to understand some of the challenges for adaptive sport and the top-down initiatives that could help the growth of adaptive sport. Fourth, the advancement of adaptive sport will require change in the current system and the critical change factor model by Fay (1999) can be used as a framework to understand what change factors could be effective. The research question was examined through qualitative interviews with stakeholder groups affiliated with the landscape of collegiate adaptive sport. These groups included collegiate adaptive sport athletes (A), collegiate adaptive sport staff (B), athletic department staff (C), and external organizations (e.g. national governing sport bodies) (D). The interviews were thematically analyzed to yield key themes and recommendations as they pertained to the dependent variables. There were 38 participants in the study with 3, 21, 8, and 6 people from groups A through D respectively. NCAA status for adaptive sport was found to be a desirable goal for the future and there are frameworks that can make it possible (e.g. the ECAC Inclusive Sport model). However, there must be a critical mass of adaptive sport athletes, a growth of and greater concentration of programming at the collegiate level and more purposeful and effective support from the top-down. Recommendations for how stakeholders could collaborate to grow adaptive sport at the collegiate level include: • Invest in K to 12 adaptive sport programming • Educate senior leaders of institutions and organizations about disability and adaptive sport • Create a resource guide for NCAA institutions for adaptive athlete recruitment and training • Develop an “Emerging Adaptive Sports” program in the NCAA • Create a Senior Disability or Inclusion Administrator designation for athletic departments • Expand on the ECAC Inclusive Sport Principles 1 through 3 to other conferences • Implement able-body inclusion and consider coed teams in collegiate wheelchair basketball Recommendations for future research include examining effects of K-12 programming on participation levels in adaptive sport, adaptive athlete perceptions of able-body participation in adaptive sport, the appropriate number of sponsors for an “Emerging Adaptive Sports” program, the qualitative and quantitative impact that collegiate adaptive sports programs have on their institutions, further research on sport as a major life activity, adaptive athlete experiences on coed teams, and key leader perceptions (e.g. Athletic Directors) of disability and adaptive sport.

scholarly journals Managing Personal Finance Literacy in the United States: A Case Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua J. Beck ◽  
Richard O. Garris
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Generation X ◽  
Financial Literacy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Personal Finance ◽  
Generation Z ◽  
The Future ◽  
Personal Finance Education ◽  
Collegiate Level ◽  
K 12

This study investigates the perspectives and impact that personal finance education had on participants in Western Pennsylvania. The researchers begin with a literature review of personal finance courses in the United States (U.S.). The U.S. housing market collapse is also discussed as a key component of the financial crisis that is often overlooked and can be partly attributed to the lack of financial literacy. The findings of this study indicate that participants want personal finance courses offered in K-12 schools and at the collegiate level. They also want personal finance elements to be co-curricular in the K-12 setting. A recommendation based on responses from participants is that co-curricular teaching of personal finance should be tied in with math courses. The participants of this study either have benefited from personal finance lessons themselves or are a strong advocate for the teaching of personal finance in the future. The financial future does also bring worry to the different generations. Generation X is more worried about the financial choices of the upcoming generations, while Millennials and Generation Z are concerned about the future of the economy and how this will affect them.

Searching for Sheboygans: On the future of small market newspapers

Journalism ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 453-471 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Ali ◽  
Damian Radcliffe ◽  
Thomas R Schmidt ◽  
Rosalind Donald
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Research Question ◽  
The United States ◽  
The State ◽  
Knowledge Gap ◽  
Local News ◽  
Small Market ◽  
The Future ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Depth Interviews

This article addresses the knowledge gap regarding small market newspapers in the United States. We address a deceptively simple research question: what is the state of small market newspapers in the United States as seen through the eyes of practitioners and industry experts? Based on in-depth interviews with experts and practitioners, we argue for a more nuanced vocabulary to describe newspapers and local news. Grouping all newspapers into a monolithic industry – as general sector analyses often do – suggests a homogeneous experience. That is not the case. Smaller publications face their own challenges and opportunities, and they define success and innovation on their own terms. This reality needs to be better understood.

The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Dewar ◽  
Curtis Bennett ◽  
Matthew A. Fisher
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Junior Faculty ◽  
The United States ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Scholarship Of Teaching ◽  
Inquiry Process ◽  
Collegiate Level ◽  
And Mathematics

This book is a guide to the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) for scientists, engineers, and mathematicians teaching at the collegiate level in countries around the world. It shows instructors how to draw on their disciplinary knowledge and teaching experience to investigate questions about student learning. It takes them all the way through the inquiry process beginning with framing a research question and selecting a research design, moving on to gathering and analyzing evidence, and finally to making the results public. Numerous examples are provided at each stage, many from published studies of teaching and learning in science, engineering, or mathematics. At strategic points, short sets of questions prompt readers to pause and reflect, plan, or act. These questions are derived from the authors’ experience leading many SoTL workshops in the United States and Canada. The taxonomy of SoTL questions—What works? What is? What could be?—that emerged from the SoTL studies undertaken by the Carnegie scholars provides a useful framework at many stages of the inquiry process. The book addresses the issue of evaluating and valuing this work, including implications for junior faculty who wish to engage in SoTL. The authors explain why SoTL should be of interest to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) faculty at all types of institutions, including faculty members active in traditional STEM research. They also give their perspective on the benefits of SoTL to faculty, to their institutions, to the academy, and to students.

scholarly journals Reimagining American Education: Possible Futures: What might we accomplish in 25 years?

2021 ◽  
Vol 103 (2) ◽  
pp. 54-57
Author(s):  
Na’ilah Suad Nasir ◽  
Megan Bang ◽  
Hirokazu Yoshikawa
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
American Education ◽  
Look Ahead ◽  
The Future ◽  
K 12

The combination of the COVID-19 pandemic and the racial reckoning in the United States make 2021 a potent moment to reimagine American education. This article introduces an ongoing Kappan series in which scholars look ahead to imagine what K-12 education will look like in 25 years. Na’ilah Nasir, Megan Bang, and Hirokazu Yoshikawa discuss some of the factors that have created an environment ripe for transformation and some of their ideas for what the future should look like.

Fostering the Future STEM Workforce via Industry and Capstone Design Class Partnerships

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina L. Carmen ◽  
Deborah L. Fraley
Keyword(s):  
Stem Education ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
The United States ◽  
Theoretical Concepts ◽  
Hands On ◽  
The Future ◽  
Stem Workforce ◽  
K 12 ◽  
Capstone Design

In order to promote the pursuit of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education and careers among Kindergarten through 12th grade students (K-12), a partnership between the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) and the Tennessee Valley Chapter of Women in Defense (WID)-a non-profit national security organization-has been established. The collaborative effort commenced as a result of the WID STEM Initiative (STEMi); a program that aims to actively encourage and inspire youth of the United States (US) to seek STEM careers. The UAH/WID partnership was initiated within a Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) capstone design class at UAH that focuses upon the design and fabrication of unique and patentable products. In order to target the K-12 age groups, the UAH/WID effort centered upon the development of products that would inspire the younger students and allow them the opportunity to interact with a hands-on artifact that conveys a specific STEM phenomenon. Several of these artifacts-referred to as STEM tools-have been developed as a result of the UAH/WID collaboration and include the following: fluid flow circuit, interactive solar system, trebuchet, ballistic pendulum, pulley system, and a Wimshurst machine-to name a few. The hands-on STEM tools motivate younger students, as interacting with hardware reinforces theoretical concepts presented in the classroom. While the primary goal of the UAH/WID partnership is to develop the future STEM workforce by inspiring younger students, through hands-on STEM tool interaction, other critical benefits have resulted. Specifically, the engineering design students have garnered invaluable experience associated with meeting stakeholder expectations, designing with safety as a top-level criterion, as well as gaining teaching experience via lessons directed to the K-12 students. Survey data gathered from the K-12 students and teachers clearly indicates that the younger students are inspired and motivated to seek a STEM education and career as a result of the UAH/WID effort. The current paper provides an overview of the UAH/WID partnership, a description of the resulting STEM tools developed, and data conveying the learning outcome and impact that the UAH/WID partnership has had upon the K-12 students, their teachers, and the engineering students at UAH.

scholarly journals Action Research In Teacher Preparation: An Inclusive Seminar

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elissa Poel ◽  
Carolyn Dietrich
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Student Teaching ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Curriculum And Instruction ◽  
Teacher Education Program ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Communication Disorders ◽  
The United States ◽  
Research Institution ◽  
K 12

The article focuses on a teacher education program at a Carnegie I Research Institution in the southwestern part of the United States; also, classified as a minority-serving institution. Teacher candidates in elementary, special, and bilingual education were enrolled in a combined student teaching seminar which is a collaborative initiative between the Departments of Special Education/Communication Disorders and Curriculum and Instruction. The authors of this manuscript are the researchers, seminar instructors, and directors of their student teaching components. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of action research with teacher candidates during the student teaching semester. The research question that guided this research is: How effective is the use of action research with teacher candidates to determine evidence of student learning in the K-12 classroom?

Gendered differences in emigration and mobility perspectives among European researchers working abroad

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisabeth Scheibelhofer
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
The United States ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
The Future ◽  
Highly Skilled

This paper focuses on gendered mobilities of highly skilled researchers working abroad. It is based on an empirical qualitative study that explored the mobility aspirations of Austrian scientists who were working in the United States at the time they were interviewed. Supported by a case study, the paper demonstrates how a qualitative research strategy including graphic drawings sketched by the interviewed persons can help us gain a better understanding of the gendered importance of social relations for the future mobility aspirations of scientists working abroad.

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