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Yasin Arslan; Ceren Suveren; Çisem Ünlü; Abdulkerim Çeviker – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2024
This study aims to compare the environmental attitudes of college students who participate in outdoor sports. This study's sample group consisted of 320 university student volunteers who participate in outdoor sports (n=147) and non-participants in outdoor sports (n=173). The Environmental Attitude Inventory (EAI) developed by Milfont and Duckitt…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Athletics, Recreational Activities
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Thomas H. Sawyer; Tonya L. Sawyer – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2024
In this case the Court upheld the age-old doctrine of assumption of risk, affirming the inherent dangers of teeing off in golf. Despite a nasty trip on a tree root, the golfer was not entitled to recover for his injuries due to the primary assumption of the risk doctrine. This case sets a precedent for understanding the potential hazards of the…
Descriptors: Athletics, Recreational Activities, Negligence, Court Litigation
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Chad D. Pierskalla; Danny Twilley; Doug Arbogast; Damon Casseday; Daniel Eades; Vaike Haas; David Smaldone; Andy Williamson; Jinyang Deng; Melissa S. Weddell – Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership, 2024
The purpose of this study is to use the recreation specialization construct to examine the diversity of mountain bike riders in the US to meet their needs better, and to help strengthen the sport and the outdoor economy. At one end of the specialization continuum are Completely High Specialists, and at the other end are Completely Low Specialists.…
Descriptors: Recreation, Recreational Activities, Specialization, Physical Activities
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Taskin, Cüneyt; Bahadir, Tolga Kaan – African Educational Research Journal, 2022
This study aims to examine the attitudes of sports science faculty students towards leisure activities according to various variables. For this purpose, the Leisure Attitude Scale, which was created by Ragheb and Beard in 1982 and translated into Turkish by Akgül and Gürbüz, was used. The population of the research consists of 1330 students…
Descriptors: Leisure Time, Student Attitudes, Athletics, College Students
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Graeme Bonato; Maree Dinan-Thompson; Peta Salter – Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, 2024
This systematic literature review (SLR) investigates the enablers and constraints which impact the enactment of Traditional Indigenous Games within curriculum. SLR methodology was used to identify all potential literature within Australia and internationally, between February 2022 and April 2022. Searches were limited to peer-reviewed literature,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Knowledge, Athletics, Indigenous Populations
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Scott McNamara; E. Andrew Pitchford; Layne Case – Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 2024
The field of adapted physical activity (APA) and other areas often associated with APA focused on physical activity for people with disabilities, such as adapted physical education (APE) and disability sports (DS), is often marginalized and misunderstood. Little attention has been given to subsets of the general population's familiarity of this…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Undergraduate Students, Accessibility (for Disabled), Vocabulary
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Gridley, Nicole – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2023
Many sports programmes designed for children under five claim improvements in physical, social, and psychological outcomes. However, few have been subject to any form of inquiry. This paper reports an initial exploratory study of parental perceptions of an indoor bouldering programme designed for children younger than 6 when delivered in England.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Attitudes, Preschool Children, Parents
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Meyers, C.A.C.; Mann, M. J.; Thorisdottir, I. E.; Berry, A.; Sigfusson, J.; Sigfusdottir, I. D.; Eggertsson, G. A.; Kristjansson, A. L. – Health Education Research, 2023
Guided by the Icelandic Prevention Model, a community-led coalition in Franklin County, KY, aimed to subsidize costs for participation in supervised organized leisure time programs among its youth via adaptation of the Reykjavik City Leisure Card program, locally known as the 'YES Card' voucher program. This study examined whether the proportion…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Extracurricular Activities, Leisure Time
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Papp, Samantha; Classen, Audra; Judge, Joann – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2023
Self-determination is a vital skill for individuals with disabilities and provides significant benefits, like more positive adult outcomes and greater qualities of life. Recreational sports participation is another fundamental aspect of life for individuals with disabilities, as it leads to increased physical activity, enhanced self-esteem, and…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Recreational Activities, Athletics, Adolescents
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Andrew J. Scattergood – Sport, Education and Society, 2024
This paper explores the ways in which working-class boys negotiated the content and delivery of physical education at a 'typical', white working-class secondary school located in the north of England. The study utilised a quasi-ethnographical case-study design conducted over a non-continuous three-month period involving covert and overt…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Males, Physical Education
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Eric M. Davidson – Current Issues in Education, 2024
This conceptual paper articulates how the unique social, experiential, and navigational perspectives of college skateboarders contribute to their potential as changemakers in higher education. Drawing from the theory of campus ecology and multidisciplinary body of skateboarding scholarly literature, this paper applies the unique navigational and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Physical Activities, Recreational Activities, Law Enforcement
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Eski, Tolga; Ozbal, Ayse Feray; Yilmaz, Dilek – Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 2020
The aim of this study is to determine awareness levels of university students attending School of Physical Education and Sports about winter sports and to examine the effects of the training program applied within the scope of the study on their cognitive, affective, psychomotor and overall awareness. The study used single-group pre-test and…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Physical Education, Athletics
Devin Cashman – ProQuest LLC, 2024
College recreation programs are an ideal way for students to participate in physical activity while on campus. These programs can offer a diverse range of opportunities for individuals to participate in various sport and fitness activities. By integrating virtual reality (VR) technology these programs expand their offerings and allow students to…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Computer Simulation, Participation, Student Participation
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Vargas, Tiffanye M.; Flores, Margaret M.; Beyer, Robbi; Weaver, Sharon M. – Physical Educator, 2019
Athletes with hidden disabilities (HD) often exhibit behaviors that are not conducive to the sporting environment (e.g., inattentive behaviors, inability to remember plays). Coaches may label these athletes as problematic or challenging and may negatively adjust their behaviors toward these athletes. As frequent observers of their children, the…
Descriptors: Athletics, Athletes, Recreational Activities, Disabilities
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Turan, Serhat; Öcal, Tuncay; Cengiz, Ömer – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2022
The aim of the research is to investigate the digital game addiction and social anxiety levels of adolescents who play sports recreationally. 226 adolescents (69 girls, 157 boys) who do sports recreationally participated in the research. In the research, the personal information form prepared by the researcher and the short form of the digital…
Descriptors: Video Games, Addictive Behavior, Anxiety, Adolescents
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