Research methods in physical education and youth sport / / edited by Kathleen Armour and Doune Macdonald

• Pubblicazione: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (366 p.)
• Disciplina: 613.710721
• Soggetto topico: Physical education and training - Research - Methodology; Sports for children - Research - Methodology; Sports sciences - Research - Methodology
• Altri autori: ArmourKathleen M MacDonaldDoune <1959->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Research Methods in Physical Education and Youth Sport; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; Part I: Planning the research process; 1. What is your research question - and why?: Kathleen Armour and Doune Macdonald; 2. Research principles and practices: paving the research journey: Doune Macdonald and Louise McCuaig; 3. Positioning yourself as a researcher: four dimensions for self-reflection: Juan-Miguel Fernández-Balboa and Nathan Brubaker; 4. What counts as 'good' research?: Stephen Silverman and Eve Bernstein; Part II: Methodology: the thinking behind the methods ; 5. Thinking about research frameworks: Richard Tinning and Katie Fitzpatrick6. Conducting ethical research: Jan Wright and Gabrielle O'Flynn; 7. Qualitative approaches: Peter Hastie and Peter Hay; 8. Quantitative approaches: Beverley Hale and Dudley Graham; 9. Is mixed methods the natural approach to research?: Stephen Gorard and Kyriaki Makopoulou; 10. Listening to young people's voices in physical education and youth sport research: Eimear Enright and Mary O'Sullivan; Part III: Selecting the most appropriate method(s); 11. Reviewing literature: Thomas J. Templin and Gemma Pearce ; 12. Experimental research methods in physical education and sports: Leen Haerens and Isabel Tallir13. Measurement of physical activity: Stewart G. Trost and Kelly Rice; 14. Surveys: Hans Peter Brandl-Bredenbeck and Astrid Kämpfe; 15. Observational studies: Marie Öhman and Mikael Quennerstedt; 16. Case study research: Kathleen Armour and Mark Griffiths; 17. Interviews and focus groups: Catherine D. Ennis and Senlin Chen; 18. Narrative research methods: where the art of storytelling meets the science of research: Kathleen Armour and Hsin-heng Chen ; 19. Action research in physical education: cycles, not circles!: Anthony Rossi and Wah Kiat Tan20. Visual methods in coaching research: capturing everyday lives: Robyn Jones, Sofia Santos, Isabel Mesquita and David Gilbourne; 21. Grounded theory: Nicholas L. Holt, Camilla J. Knight and Katherine A. Tamminen; 22. Discourse analysis and the beginner researcher: Kathy Hall and Fiona C. Chambers; Part IV: Data analysis - consider it early!; 23. Analysing qualitative data: Peter Hastie and Olga Glotova; 24. Analysing quantitative data: Beverley Hale and Alison Wakefield ; Part V: Communicating your research25. Effective research writing: David Kirk and Ashley Casey; 26. The dissertation: Lisette Burrows, Fiona McLachlan and Lucy Spowart; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This is the first research methods book to focus entirely on physical education and youth sport. It guides the reader through the whole research process; from the first steps to completion of a dissertation or practice-based project, and introduces key topics such as:formulating a research questionqualitative approachesquantitative approachesmixed method researchliterature reviewcase studiessurvey, interviews and focus groupsdata analysiswriting the dissertation.Each chapter includes a
• Titolo autorizzato: Research methods in physical education and youth sport
• ISBN: 9781136660580; 1136660585; 9781136660597; 1136660593; 9780203807170; 0203807170
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910824142203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II