Human Kinetics Library

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 34-38
Author(s):  
Pamela R. Dennis
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Physical Educators ◽  
Electronic Textbooks ◽  
Personal Trainers ◽  
Sport And Exercise ◽  
The Many ◽  
Human Kinetics

Human Kinetics Library is a subscription-based database that allows students, researchers, and instructors access to a bundled collection of electronic textbooks, supplementary monographs, and videos previously available only as individual titles (labeled by the company as “a digital hub for sport and exercise studies”). The database is easy to navigate through its indexing and search tools. It is updated twice a year and includes an excellent help module. The many videos and images benefit college students and professors, personal trainers, rehabilitation specialists, athletes, coaches, physical educators, nutritionists and more.

A Reassessment of the Psychosocial Functions of Sport Scale

1993 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas E. Martin ◽  
Richard A. Dodder
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Item Analysis ◽  
Fair Play ◽  
Response Distribution ◽  
Present Sample ◽  
Drug Problems ◽  
People’S Perceptions ◽  
Human Kinetics

© 1993 Human Kinetics Publishers, Inc.In the early 1970s Spreitzer and Snyder developed the Psychosocial Functions of Sport Scale to assess people’s perceptions of the importance of sport, and they administered this instrument to a sample of Toledo, Ohio, residents. This study reassesses the reliability and construct validity of the scale and examines college students’ perceptions of the importance of sport. Factor analysis and Cronbach’s alpha indicate that Spreitzer and Snyder’s scale meets the criteria of reliability and construct validity. An item analysis indicates that most subjects believe sport to be important for individuals and society. Subjects’ responses to 12 of the 15 items are strikingly similar to the response distribution reported by Spreitzer and Snyder; however, there are notable differences on three of the items, suggesting that the present sample did not view sport as an institution that develops good citizens, promotes fair play, or alleviates drug problems in society.

Olympism, physical education and critical pedagogy

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 847-858 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Culpan
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Critical Pedagogy ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Physical Educators ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Critical Orientation ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Many

This article sets out to present a new imagery for capturing the power and potential of Olympism in attempting to educate the next generation of sport consumers and decision makers. It is hoped that the new imagery can make a contribution on how to moderate and regulate the rampant commodification of sport. This new imagery begins with the need for physical educators to open their minds and instigate a critical orientation to thinking about sport and Olympic matters. It is argued that doing this might help in the creation of new possibilities and visions for Olympism and sport and allow us to confront some of the disagreeable contemporary concerns in sport that scholars have identified. The new imagery for Olympism is based on the development of a critical pedagogy that draws on the works of Apple, Freire and Kincheloe, and is re-contextualised for school physical education and sports programmes. It is concluded that decisions, behaviours and actions that are made at present actually propagate many of the policies that will be made tomorrow. It is argued that a critical pedagogy for Olympism is needed to address the many current disagreeable aspects of sport.

scholarly journals Book Review: Planning Academic Library Orientations: Case Studies from Around the World

2019 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 259
Author(s):  
Holly Luetkenhaus
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
First Year ◽  
Orientation Program ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Online Tutorials ◽  
The World ◽  
The Many

For those engaging with first-year students and planning first-year programs in academic libraries, the library orientation is a key part of the work we do. “Library orientation” is often a catch-all term that is used to describe many types of library activities aimed at new college students, including in-class sessions, tours, online tutorials, and more. For a librarian revising an existing orientation program or starting from scratch, the possibilities are almost limitless, and it can be daunting to weed through the many options and settle on one that works for your library, your institution, and your students.

Advocacy and Coordination of Services

1985 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-14
Author(s):  
Wanda Jean Rainbolt
Keyword(s):  
Physical Educators ◽  
History Of ◽  
Adapted Physical Educators ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Right ◽  
Time And Energy ◽  
Consumer Advocates ◽  
Architectural Barriers

Adapted physical educators are spending much of their time and energy advocating for the right of all children and youth to a high quality of physical education service delivery and the elimination of attitudinal, aspirational, and architectural barriers experienced by handicapped persons. Prior to the 1960s, lawyers or legal advocates were the ones who would plead the cause for others. Since then, however, three types of advocates have evolved: citizen, professional, and consumer advocates. Adapted physical educators are professional advocates, but they must have an understanding of the other types of advocates. The purpose of this article is to acquaint adapted physical educators with the job function of advocacy, the history of advocacy, and the many roles advocates play.

Goal Setting in Sport and Exercise: A Research Synthesis to Resolve the Controversy

1995 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Blaine Kyllo ◽  
Daniel M. Landers
Keyword(s):  
Goal Setting ◽  
Statistical Power ◽  
Inclusion Criteria ◽  
Industrial Psychology ◽  
Analytic Review ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
Improved Performance ◽  
Sport And Exercise ◽  
The Many

Although the motivational technique of goal setting has consistently and reliably improved performance in industrial psychology research, this beneficial effect has not been clearly demonstrated in the sport domain. The many proposed explanations for this discrepancy have resulted in a controversy in the literature. However, scientists have overlooked the importance of statistical power. A meta-analytic review of the literature investigating the effects of goal setting on performance in sport and exercise could help to clarify the state of knowledge. The meta-analytic procedures described by Hedges and Olkin (1985) were used to statistically combine 36 studies identified as meeting inclusion criteria. Results indicate that, overall, setting goals improves sport by 0.34 of a standard deviation. Moderate, absolute, and combined short- and long-term goals were associated with the greatest effects. Additional moderator variables were identified, and the extent to which they alter the goal setting–performance relationship is discussed.

DIFFERENCES IN KNOWLEDGE OF DIABETES MANAGEMENT IN PHYSICAL THERAPISTS, PERSONAL TRAINERS, AND PHYSICAL EDUCATORS.

2005 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 41-42
Author(s):  
Dennis G. OʼConnell ◽  
Janelle K. OʼConnell ◽  
Melissa Brown ◽  
Annabell Montoya
Keyword(s):  
Diabetes Management ◽  
Physical Therapists ◽  
Physical Educators ◽  
Personal Trainers

scholarly journals Telling Stories to Anybody Who Will Listen

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-28
Author(s):  
Lida Colón
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Black People ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Resistance Strategies ◽  
The Subject ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Current Practices

As a field, we discuss composition histories from inside the academy, both metaphorically and materially; the subject of the conversation is most often college students and we most often have these conversations at conferences or at our institutions. Driven by my own writing experiences, I have been thinking lately about the relationship between love—for self and others—and composition practice, and given the many parallels between the oppressions and resistance strategies employed by Black people in our nation’s early years and those of the current moment, I think about the evidence of the radicaly liberatory function writing served for enslaved Africans that can be found in in Black American’s current practices. Robert Colón, the center of the present work, is unmistakably a writer. This interview serves to provide some insight into contemporary Black composition practices offers new perspective on my position in the field of composition.

scholarly journals Analysis of Learning Motivation and Burnout of Malaysian and Chinese College Students Majoring in Sports in an Educational Psychology Perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruilin Xu ◽  
Qinglei Wang ◽  
Ngien Siong Chin ◽  
Eng Wah Teo
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Educational Psychology ◽  
Chinese Students ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Learning Motivation ◽  
Sport And Exercise ◽  
The University ◽  
Motivation And Learning ◽  
Malaysian Students ◽  
The Impact

The purposes are to deepen the understanding of the correlation between learning motivation and learning burnout and thereby stimulate the learning motivation of college students. According to the theory of educational psychology, mechanism of learning motivation, and causes of learning burnout are analyzed. The learning motivation and learning burnout of college students majoring in sports are taken as the breakthrough point. The learning motivation and learning burnout situation of Chinese and Malaysian students majoring in sports are surveyed and compared through questionnaires. In addition, Chinese students majoring in sports are taken as examples to analyze the impact of learning motivation on learning burnout. The correlations between various dimensions are analyzed to determine the impact of learning motivation on learning burnout. The total learning motivation scores of students from the Sport School of Zhengzhou University and the University of Malaya Centre for Sport and Exercise Sciences are 122.3 ± 22.4 and 140.2 ± 23.6, respectively, and their average scores for each question are 3.60 and 4.07, respectively. The total learning burnout scores of students from the Sport School of Zhengzhou University and the University of Malaya Centre for Sport and Exercise Sciences are 58.2 ± 8.95 and 53.6 ± 7.34, respectively. The learning motivation of Malaysian college students majoring in sports is slightly stronger than Chinese students. Compared with Malaysia, the learning burnout of college students majoring in sports in China is extra apparent, mainly exhibited in the two dimensions of depression and a low sense of achievement. The learning motivation and learning burnout of college students majoring in sports are negatively correlated; that is, the stronger the learning motivation, the weaker the learning burnout; on the contrary, the weaker the learning motivation, the more severe the learning burnout. In conclusion, learning burnout of college students can be reduced by correcting and stimulating their learning motivation and improving their learning self-efficacy.

scholarly journals The negative stereotypes about mental health, and African-American College students’ willingness to seek counseling

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-42
Author(s):  
Quaneshia S. Chandler
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
College Students ◽  
African American ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
African American College Students ◽  
Negative Stereotypes ◽  
Health Counseling ◽  
The Many

Mental health issues, such as excessive stress, anxiety and depression, are common among the college students. Students from minority populations disproportionally experience these issues, which impacts their overall functioning. It is well known that African Americans and others underutilise mental health service and are more likely to discontinue services even when they seek such services. Given this observation, the present study examines the attitude of African American college students towards seeking mental health services. Specifically, the study will highlight negative stereotypes attached to seeking mental health services, and how these impact the willingness of African American college students to seek mental health services. The study will explore ways to combat these negative stereotypes. Additionally, the study will also discuss the many barriers that come in to play with African Americans in seeking mental health opportunities. Keywords: Stereotypes, African Americans, mental Health, counseling, willingness.

The Change a Difference Makes

2018 ◽  
pp. 23-42
Author(s):  
Rachel S. Mikva
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Sacred Texts ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Modern Thought ◽  
Significant Change ◽  
The Many

This chapter offers a detailed description of the many ways that college students encounter difference, demonstrating how this tends to shape their understanding of their future directions in life. The author emphasizes the communal and reciprocal aspects of reflection and discernment on our callings, drawing especially on Jewish traditions in sacred texts and in modern thought. The chapter includes a description of the author’s own encounter with difference, which made for a significant change in her own vocational journey. This chapter introduces the term lifestance, which is used here (and by a number of contributors of other chapters in the same volume) to account for a wide range of perspectives, without necessarily assuming that these will always be connected with “religion.”

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