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Christina L. Wissinger - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

Marina Papastergiou - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • physical education and Sport Science undergraduate students as multimedia and web developers moving from the user s to the creator s perspective
    Education and Information Technologies, 2011
    Co-Authors: Marina Papastergiou
    Abstract:

    The increasing importance that Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have been gaining for Physical Education (PE) and Sports pedagogy has generated the need to prepare ICT-proficient prospective PE teachers within PE and Sport Science university departments. This study was aimed at: (a) the design and implementation of two project-based elective courses on ICT in education (entitled `Informatics in Education' and `Computers in Physical Education Teaching') for the undergraduate students of a PE and Sport Science department, and (b) the investigation of students' responses to the courses and instructor's experiences from organizing and imparting the courses. The courses were focused on educational multimedia and web development for PE. Twenty-three students that had attended `Informatics in Education' and 13 students that had attended `Computers in Physical Education Teaching' participated in the study. Research data were collected through student questionnaires and instructor's notes. It was found that students were helped to acquire basic multimedia and web development skills for educational purposes, and that their responses to the courses were positive overall. The courses fulfilled students' expectations and were successful in equipping students with self-confidence in their ability to make use of ICT in PE courses and to construct multimedia and web-based learning materials. Furthermore, students were provided with opportunities to express their creativity and improve their future instructional practices. However, the study also brought to light the various difficulties and challenges of training prospective PE teachers in the didactical utilization of ICT at undergraduate level.

Alfred Mowdood - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

Samuel Lakew - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • factors that hinder the application of active learning methods in teaching Sport Science students in the case of debre markos university Sport Science department
    International Journal of Research, 2016
    Co-Authors: Samuel Lakew
    Abstract:

    The Purpose of this study was to assess factors that affect active learning method in Debre Markos University specifically Sport Science department Students. This study was delimited only on second and third year students of Debre Markos Sport Science students. It is believed that inclusions of a large population size in the study could have a great value so as elicit more credible information. However, while the process of the research it was limited on a limited number of participants. The researchers included 50 students (from second 20 and third year 30) and 10 instructors of Sport Science department by using simple random sample techniques. An effective teaching method requires the use of different instructional methods and pedagogies to the difference individual needs of the learners. Active and teaching involves the use of different strategies which are helpful in maximizing opportunities for interaction. In this findings however, the study revealed that the majority (74%) of instructors employ lecture methods so frequently. Therefore, instructress use teacher cantered a method which is lecturing and the probability of students to interact/participate in different activities is low. The result of study revealed that the awareness instructors towards active learning and its contributions respond was found to be high. But there are numerous problems that tackle them to implement in classroom such as large class size, passiveness of students, lack of recently revised and updated books, lack of resources to fully implement furthermore, from this result it can be deduced that most of the instructors are still with an ideology of teacher cantered approach. To minimize these problems heads have to discuss with concerned body. It is advisable that continuous and extensive orientation should be offered to the instructors, on both theoretical and practical aspects of ALM, so as to enhance their awareness and gradually shift their tendency from teacher dominated to learners focused toward instructional approach.

Stephen Legg - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • change in knowledge and reported use of Sport Science by elite new zealand olympic class sailors
    Journal of Physiological Anthropology and Applied Human Science, 2000
    Co-Authors: Stephen Legg, Hamish W Mackie
    Abstract:

    The objective of this study was to examine the change in knowledge and use of Sport Science in 46 elite New Zealand Olympic class dinghy sailors’ one year after the adoption of a Sport Science support (SSS) programme by Yachting New Zealand. Twenty eight (22 males, six females) sailors responded to a questionnaire which was administered during a training camp in April 1994 and 28 (also 22 males and six females) responded to the same questionnaire at a training camp in April 1995. Ten of the sailors responded in both 1994 and 1995. The questionnaire asked whether or not the sailors used a training race diary and inquired about their knowledge and use of Sport Science in the areas of nutrition, psychology and physical conditioning. In 1995, additional questions enquired about sailors’ perception of Sport Science and its affect on their racing performance. In the intervening year, six of the sailors received Sport Science support (SSS) in nutrition; eleven received SSS in Sport psychology; eleven received SSS in physical conditioning. In 1995, the sailors reported a greater amount of fluid taken and drunk on a four-hour sail and a greater proportion of sailors ate a high carbohydrate meal after a race. They also reported feeling less anxiety before a race. Increases were also observed in the sailors’ volume and intensity of physical training and in their chosen type of aerobic training. Most sailors believed that their knowledge and use of Sport Science had increased and that this had led to improvements in racing performance. It is concluded that elite New Zealand sailors’ reported use of Sport Science improved in the areas of physical conditioning and nutrition between 1994 and 1995. Improvement in the use of Sports psychology was less clear and the eleven sailors who received psychology SSS reported feeling more anxious before a race. There was little evidence to suggest that the Sport Science programme was responsible for the improvements. This study indicates that sailors are beginning to understand the importance of Sport Science support, but there is still much room for improvement in their use of Sport Science.

  • Development of knowledge and reported use of Sport Science by elite New Zealand Olympic class sailors.
    Applied Human Science Journal of Physiological Anthropology, 1999
    Co-Authors: Mamish W. Mackie, Stephen Legg
    Abstract:

    The objective of this study was to determine the change in elite dinghy sailor’s knowledge and use of Sport Science, three years after the adoption of a Sport Science support (SSS) programme by Yachting New Zealand for its elite dinghy sailors. A questionnaire was administered to 28 (22 male, six female) elite sailors in April 1994 and to 33 (24 male and nine female) in March 1997 during a training camp for elite sailors. 15 of the sailors participated in 1994 and 1997. The questionnaire asked whether or not the sailors used a training race diary and inquired about their knowledge and use of Sport Science in the areas of nutrition, psychology and physical conditioning. In 1997, additional questions enquired about sailor’s perception of Sport Science and its affect on their racing performance. Between April 1994 and March 1997, sailors received Sport Science support in nutrition, psychology and physical conditioning. Sailors reported a greater amount of fluid drunk on a four-hour sail in 1997 than in 1994 and a greater proportion of sailors ate a high carbohydrate meal after a race in 1997 than in 1994. In 1997, sailors reported feeling less anxiety before a race, and the sailors common to 1994 and 1997 reported feeling less sick before a race in 1997 than in 1994. Increases were observed in volume and intensity of physical training, and improvements were noticed in the chosen type of aerobic training in 1997. Most sailors believed that their knowledge and use of Sport Science has increased and that their increased use of Sport Science has led to improvements in racing performance. The results suggest that elite New Zealand sailors’ use of Sport Science improved in the areas of nutrition, Sports psychology and physical conditioning between 1994 and 1997. However, when the results were compared with those of Legg and Mackie (1999), it was evident that greater physical conditioning improvements had occurred between 1994 and 1995 than had been sustained since, while the majority of sailor’s Sport psychology improvements occurred between 1995 and 1997. Sailors reported fluid intake between 1994 and 1997 had steadily improved. The reason for sailor’s change in emphasis on different areas of Sport Science over time may be a result of their adopting ideas with which they were most familiar (physical conditioning and nutrition) first, and then adopting the less widely understood discipline of Sport psychology once they felt that they had mastered their use of physical conditioning and nutrition. This study indicates that sailors are beginning to understand the importance of personal preparation using Sport Science principles.

  • knowledge and reported use of Sport Science by elite new zealand olympic class sailors
    Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness, 1997
    Co-Authors: Stephen Legg, P Smith, D Slyfield, A B Miller, H Wilcox, C Gilberd
    Abstract:

    OBJECTIVE: This study enquired about the knowledge and reported use of Sport Science in elite Olympic class sailors. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: The sailors responded to a simple questionnaire. SETTING: The questionnaire was administered as part of an introductory seminar on Sport Science during a training camp. PARTICIPANTS: The participants were 28 (22 male, 6 female) elite New Zealand Olympic class sailors. INTERVENTIONS: None. MEASURES: The questionnaire asked whether or not they used a training race diary, enquired about their current and past injuries and their knowledge and use of Sport Science in the areas of nutrition, psychology and physical training. RESULTS: Only ten (36%) of the sailors kept a training/race diary. Whilst only four (14%) had a current injury, sixteen (57%) reported an injury in the previous three years. The injuries were in the lower back (45%), knee (22%), shoulder (18%), and arm (15%). Although nineteen (68%) of the sailors had experienced dehydration during racing, the average volume of fluid reported to be taken on a four hour sail was only 0.9 litre, of which only an average of 0.7 litres (77%) was reported to be drunk. All the sailors reported being sometimes (46%) to very often (3%) anxious before races and sometimes (43%) to always (7%) being frustrated with their own mistakes. Only one sailor reported never having negative thoughts whilst fifteen (53%) reported having them sometimes, and seven (25%) often or very often. Twenty-four (86%) of the sailors reported that they sometimes had a loss of concentration near the end of the race. Whilst eighteen (64%) reported practising relaxation and seventeen (61%) reported practising visualisation as a mental skill, only five (18%) practised progressive mental relaxation, two (7%) practised meditation and none practised yoga. Seventeen (61%) undertook strength/circuit training, ten (36%) flexibility and twenty-one (75%) off water aerobic training. Twenty-four (86%) reported undertaking on-water aerobic training. CONCLUSIONS: The results indicate that there is considerable scope for improvement in the knowledge and use of Sports Science amongst elite New Zealand Olympic class sailors. Language: en