The Impact Participation in Recreational Sport in College Has on Student Development and Learning

2020 ◽  
pp. 238-246
Author(s):  
Artha L. Simpson Jr.
Keyword(s):  
Student Development ◽  
Position Statement ◽  
Professional Organization ◽  
Recreational Sports ◽  
Student Service ◽  
Recreational Sport ◽  
Sports Programs ◽  
Sport Activities ◽  
Recreation Professionals ◽  
The Impact

The National Intramural and Recreational Sports Association's (NIRSA) collaboration in the publication of learning Reconsidered II with council for the Advancement of Standards (CAS) in Higher Education places collegiate recreation professionals are at a crossroads: either continue down the path of simply providing recreational sport activities and services or join with other student service professionals in focusing their effort on student development and learning. The journey towards a learning focus in recreational sports begins in 1994 when NIRSA, the professional organization for recreational sports professionals, published a position statement regarding rationale for Independent Administration of Collegiate Recreational Sports Programs. This chapter explores this journey.

The College Recreational Sports Learning Environment

2008 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danell J. Haines ◽  
Tyler Fortman
Keyword(s):  
Social Interactions ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Significance Testing ◽  
Recreational Sports ◽  
Sport Club ◽  
Recreational Sport ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Impact

To show the need for continued financial support, align with universities' missions of student learning, and improve the lives of participants, college recreational sport (CRS) professionals must demonstrate that CRS programs, facilities, and services cause growth in student learning. This study measured sport club out-of-classroom learning in an effort to begin measuring the impact of all CRS areas on student learning. It was hypothesized that sport club participants make gains in life skills, diversity, social interactions, communication, character, leadership, and self-beliefs as a result of their participation. A proxy-pretest posttest design administered to sport club participants measured this hypothesis. Significance testing showed significant differences between participants' ratings of their skills and abilities before and after participation. The implications of these findings for the justification and expansion of CRS funding, the future measurement of learning outcomes in CRS, and the alignment of CRS with the missions of higher education are discussed.

Morningness-Eveningness Personality and Creative Thinking Among Young People Who Play Recreational Sport

2011 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 503-518 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guido M. Cavallera ◽  
Giuseppe Boari ◽  
Dina Labbrozzi ◽  
Emilia Del Bello
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Sport Activity ◽  
Recreational Sports ◽  
Recreational Sport ◽  
Sport Activities ◽  
The Relationship

Morningness-eveningness personality and creative thinking were investigated in a sample of young people who play recreational sports. Results showed that male participants were more eveningness-oriented than females; evening types had lower scores in creative thinking, although these were not statistically significant; the elaboration factor of the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking (Torrance, 1989) was positively correlated with taking part in sport activities in the whole sample; and the elaboration and fluidity factors were negatively correlated with intermediate and morningness dispositions. The relationship between the number of hours per week of sport activity, morningness-eveningness personality, and creative thinking was also explored.

scholarly journals The Study on Value of Recreational Sports Activity of Urban Communities

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 286-291
Author(s):  
Endang Sri Hanani
Keyword(s):  
Urban Communities ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Urban Society ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Recreational Sports ◽  
Sports Activity ◽  
Recreational Sport ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Sport Activities

According to the WHO, health is not merely the absence of disease or infirmity, but a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being. Recreational sports activities particularly for urban communities could be used as a life style, because it may considered balance individual condition between physical, spiritual and social needs. This study aims to describe and investigate: 1) the reason why recreational sports become urban society choice as weekend activities and holiday activities, 2) the type of recreational sport activities done by urban communities, 3) the value of individuals physical and psychosocial aspects,4) potential space for individual who do recreational sport activities. This research used ethnographic study with empirical and theoretical approaches. We conclude that the recreational sport activities as an option activity for the urban community, and is quite representative to facilitate the needs of sport cultures, and a sense of concern for the environment which useful in maintaining health.

Best Practices in Student Development for Campus Recreation Professionals

2011 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren Toperzer ◽  
Denise M. Anderson ◽  
Robert J. Barcelona
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Student Development ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Campus Recreation ◽  
Recreational Sports ◽  
Vice Presidents ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Student Employees ◽  
Recreation Programs ◽  
Recreation Professionals

Student employees play a vital role in the leadership and delivery of campus recreation programs. Therefore, campus recreation professionals have a unique opportunity to contribute to their development. The purpose of this study was to identify best practices for effective student development in campus recreation programs affiliated with the National Intramural Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA). Data were collected using the Delphi technique via a web-based survey. A panel of experts including five of the 2009 Regional Vice Presidents of the NIRSA organization, as well as five campus recreation professionals from each region chosen by the Regional Vice Presidents was asked to participate. Panel members advocated five general best practices and 21 specific best practices. The five general best practices were leadership opportunities, performance assessment, training and orientation, personal relationships, and professional development. The results provide a framework that campus recreation professionals can use to enhance student development of their employees.

Study regarding the health coefficients for the citizens who practice free time sport activities for the increase of life quality

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
pp. 7-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liliana Dacica
Keyword(s):  
Motor Skills ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Free Time ◽  
Health State ◽  
Beneficial Effects ◽  
Sports Programs ◽  
Sport Activities ◽  
Main Component ◽  
Sports Activities

Abstract The paper presents the results of a determinative study regarding the health profits obtained by the citizens of Caras-Severin County involved in the practice of leisure sport through the program sport for all offered. The aspect highlighted is that sport, for all, has beneficial effects on health being contained by all the components of life quality. The aim of the paper is to prove that issuing leisure time sports programs according to the needs of the client population increases the number of practitioners of sport and implicitly it contributes to the maintenance and improvement of the health state. In order to pursue health profits, the physical and psychic wellbeing of the participants in the sports programs, the observation method, the tests method and the method of recording the health coefficients on a protocol basis were used. The observation was achieved on a sample of 217 subjects which were initially tested, at the beginning of the programs and at the end of the research period. The conclusion was that the main component elements of life quality which can be ameliorated by free time sport activities are: health state; the biologic potential through the evaluation of the anthropometric, functional and physiological coefficients; motor skills; psycho-social relations and social integration. The health state, the biologic potential, motor skills, socialization can be considered dependent variables and through sports activities for all and through the implemented programs a strategic project of continuous development can be elaborated. Leisure sports activities ameliorate life quality of different categories of citizens and social groups.

Friends from Home: Asset and Liability to African American Students Attending a Predominantly White Institution

NASPA Journal ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas A. Guiffrida
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Student Affairs ◽  
Predominantly White ◽  
Student Development ◽  
African American Students ◽  
Predominantly White Institution ◽  
Student Affairs Practitioners ◽  
Student Departure ◽  
American Students ◽  
The Impact

The importance of connections with peers to student development and retention has been highlighted in Astin's (1984) Theory of Student Involvement and Tinto's (1993) Theory of Student Departure, which are two of the most widely referenced and validated models in student affairs literature. However, recent research has questioned the applicability of these models to African American students who attend predominantly White institutions (PWIs). Although prior research has indicated that the models should be modified to recognize the importance of students’ relationships with their families, research has failed to understand the impact of relationships with friends from home. The purpose of this qualitative study was to understand the conditions under which friends from home were perceived as assets or liabilities to 99 African American undergraduates who attended a PWI. The results provide a link for broadening the applicability of Astin’s and Tinto's models and offer student affairs practitioners deeper insight into African American students' experiences at PWIs.

Day-Care Standards: Need and Impact

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 91 (1) ◽  
pp. 234-236
Author(s):  
Sue Bredekamp
Keyword(s):  
Health And Safety ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Professional Organization ◽  
Accreditation System ◽  
Safety Standards ◽  
System 2 ◽  
Quality Programs ◽  
Eligibility Requirements ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Licensing Standards

Any discussion of standards, no matter how brief, must first acknowledge that there are different types of standards established for different purposes. As the director of the national voluntary accreditation system for child care centers and schools established by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), I am most familiar with the need and impact of accreditation standards, which are, by definition, standards for distinguishing high-quality programs established by a professional organization. In any case the implementation of a national accreditation system is heavily influenced by local and state licensing standards, which are mandatory government regulations that establish a baseline of protection. Accreditation and licensing standards are both influenced by model standards such as the health and safety standards of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Public Health Association.1 These standards establish a model, based on the best professional evidence, that serves as a reference for the other two systems but does not carry an enforcement system of its own. This paper will discuss the need for and impact of all three types of standards from the point of view of my experience in operating NAEYC's accreditation system.2 Because our accreditation process is nationally administered, we have the opportunity to observe the impact of diverse licensing standards on quality. In order to maintain accessibility we have relatively few eligibility requirements, and because we do not require 100% compliance with our criteria, we also have the opportunity to observe the interrelationships among standards and other effects. One caveat must be offered at the outset.

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