Sport Management
Meimanat Abedini Baltork; Mozhgan Memarmoghaddam; Afsaneh Yanpi
Abstract
Objective: The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the planned and implemented curriculum of the undergraduate sports science major University of Mazandaran.Methodology: This research was designed quantitatively and followed the descriptive survey method. The statistical population included ...
Read More
Objective: The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the planned and implemented curriculum of the undergraduate sports science major University of Mazandaran.Methodology: This research was designed quantitatively and followed the descriptive survey method. The statistical population included 22 professors and 340 students of the Sport Sciences major at the University of Mazandaran in the academic year 2023-2024, respectively. To select the professors, the census sampling method was employed, and to select the students, Morgan's table and proportional stratified random sampling were used, resulting in the selection of 181 students to participate in the study. The research instruments included researcher-made questionnaires for professors and students, along with a quantitative classroom observation checklist. These tools were designed to assess both the intended and implemented curriculum, and their content validity was calculated as 89%. The reliability of the questionnaires, calculated using Cronbach's alpha, was as follows: for the intended curriculum, 0.97 (professors' questionnaire) and 0.90 (students' questionnaire); for the implemented curriculum, 0.96 (professors' questionnaire) and 0.83 (students' questionnaire. . The reliability of the observation tool using the coefficient of agreement was also obtained as 0.92. Descriptive statistics (percentage and frequency) and inferential statistics (dependent t-test and one-sample t-test) were used to analyze the collected data.Results The results showed that from the professors' perspective, there was a fundamental gap between the intended and implemented curriculum in all elements (goal, content, teaching-learning strategy, and evaluation). From the students' perspective, there was a gap between the intended and implemented curriculum in terms of goals, as well as in other elements (content, teaching-learning strategy, and evaluation. The results from classroom observation also indicated that there was no congruence between the implemented and intended curriculum.Conclusion: The existence of a gap between the intended and implemented curriculum shows that a revision of the curriculum is necessary to improve the quality of education in this field. Also, in order to realize the approved curricula, a set of factors is needed to reach the implementation stage properly.
Sport Management
Azad Ahangaran; Alireza Elahi; Hossein Akbari Yazdi
Abstract
Objective: The aim of this study was to design a volunteer management model for Iranian sport federations.
Methodology: The present study is applied in terms of purpose and qualitative in terms of data collection, which was conducted using the grounded theory method with the Glaserian approach. The ...
Read More
Objective: The aim of this study was to design a volunteer management model for Iranian sport federations.
Methodology: The present study is applied in terms of purpose and qualitative in terms of data collection, which was conducted using the grounded theory method with the Glaserian approach. The statistical population comprised experts (university professors), sports volunteers, and operational managers of sports volunteering in Iran. A purposive sample of 15 experts was selected from the statistical population. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews.
Results: Based on the three stages of the Preparation, Engagement, and Perpetuation (PEP) model combined with the three-pronged framework, the structural, contextual, and behavioral factors influencing each stage were presented as a thematic network. The first stage of the PEP volunteer model is Preparation, which is critically important for identifying and recruiting volunteers. The second stage is Engagement, which plays a key role in highlighting the significance of volunteers' work. The third stage is Perpetuation (Sustainability), which is essential for establishing an effective volunteer management system.
Conclusion: Ultimately, the structural, contextual, and behavioral factors affecting the preparation, engagement, and perpetuation (sustainability) stages were presented in the form of a thematic network. Following the delineation of the various stages of the model and the factors influencing each stage, the overarching model was extracted from the integration of the PEP model and the three-pronged framework.
Sport Management
Akram Abdoli; Akbar Jaberi; kourosh ghahraman tabrizi
Abstract
Objective: This study aimed to identify the challenges of virtual learning in practical courses at the undergraduate level in the field of physical education and sport sciences.Methodology: This research was conducted as an exploratory qualitative study using thematic analysis. The research population ...
Read More
Objective: This study aimed to identify the challenges of virtual learning in practical courses at the undergraduate level in the field of physical education and sport sciences.Methodology: This research was conducted as an exploratory qualitative study using thematic analysis. The research population of the study included professors in the field of sports science and physical education who had experience in virtual teaching of practical courses. Considering the nature of the research, 12 of these professors were purposefully interviewed until theoretical saturation was reached. The data collection tool was a semi-structured interview, and Guba and Lincoln's (1981) criteria were used to assess reliability and validity. Data analysis was performed based on Braun and Clarke's (2006) six-stage method.Results: Thematic analysis of the data resulted in the identification of 134 codes, 9 sub-themes, and 4 main themes. The main themes of the study were: lack of development and updating, inflexibility and incompatibility, content quality, and lack of support.Conclusion: Virtual education requires significant changes in the structure and educational content of sports science to be more efficient and effective. Paying attention to these changes can help improve the teaching of sports skills in the context of virtual education.
Sport Management
Shouan Azizi; Gholamreza Shabanibahar; Samira Aliabadi; Mozaffar Yekta Yar
Abstract
Objective: The present research was conducted with the aim of explaining the drivers of strategic thinking in order to improve the quality of the decisions of the Ministry of Sport and Youth.Methodology: The research was of a mixed or combined type (qualitative and quantitative). The statistical population ...
Read More
Objective: The present research was conducted with the aim of explaining the drivers of strategic thinking in order to improve the quality of the decisions of the Ministry of Sport and Youth.Methodology: The research was of a mixed or combined type (qualitative and quantitative). The statistical population of the research in the qualitative part included all experts in the field of sports and in the quantitative part included all managers and employees of the Ministry of Sports and Youth, totaling 850 people. Sampling in the qualitative part was carried out purposefully and using the snowball technique, and interviews continued until theoretical saturation was achieved (16 people). In the quantitative part, the sample size was calculated based on the Morgan table as 233 people, and these people were selected using the stratified random sampling method. For data analysis, the Grand Theory technique and the Fuzzy Delphi method were used in the qualitative part, and the exploratory factor analysis tests, Friedman ranking test, and structural equation modeling were used in the quantitative part with the help of SPSS 25 and Smart PLS 3 statistical software.Results: The results of the qualitative part of the research showed that the 12 main factors of the central hypothesis are conceptual thinking, systemic thinking, creativity, goal setting, continuous monitoring and evaluation, strengthening the managerial perspective, focusing on values, mastering time, mobilizing the supply chain, foresight, intelligent opportunism on thinking. Strategically, it is effective in improving the quality of the decisions of the Ministry of Sports and Youth.Conclusion: According to the results, it seems that conceptual thinking as the most important effective driver of strategic thinking in order to improve the quality of the decisions of the Ministry of Sports and Youth should receive more attention from the managers and policy makers of the Ministry of Sports and Youth and this concept should replace the old thinking.
Sport Management
Shahnaz Roozbehani; Ali Fahiminezhad; Seyed Mostafa Tayebisani; Javad Esmaeili
Abstract
Objective: The aim of this study was to design an interpretive structural model of indicators affecting the successful implementation of the general physical education courses in Iranian universities.Methodology: The statistical population of the study consisted of 10 experts from university sports and ...
Read More
Objective: The aim of this study was to design an interpretive structural model of indicators affecting the successful implementation of the general physical education courses in Iranian universities.Methodology: The statistical population of the study consisted of 10 experts from university sports and physical education, senior executives of the Ministry of Science and heads of physial education colleges, physical education professors, as well as faculty members who were tareted. The data collection tool was a questionnaire. The interpretative structural modeling tecnique was used the successful implementation of the General Unit of Physical Education with the help of MATLAB software. For this purpose, the experts have been used, and a couple of questionnaires have been distributed among the expert group in terms of influence and influence on each other.Results: In examining the relationships between research components, the components of "life satisfaction and health" are in the first level, and "structure and improvement" are in the second level, which indicates the high impact of these variables. Also, the components of "management and infrastructure" were in the third and fourth levels, and in the fifth and last level, the component of "education" was placed, which were the most effective indicators. Finally, using the MICMAC technique, the variables were analyzed in terms of conductivity and dependence.Conclusion: Student sports require careful planning, and according to the legal requirements of education, a suitable structure can be provided for the implementation of physical education curricula at the university.
