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Sports, Study, or Sleep: Understanding the Student-Athlete's College Experiences

Autor Dinur Blum
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 28 noi 2021
This book challenges existing literature on student-athletes and examines the obstacles student-athletes face with respect to academic achievement in college. Blum includes excerpts from in-depth, semi-structured interviews with US student-athletes, coaches, academic advisors, and learning specialists to provide insights on how student-athletes define success academically, athletically, and professionally. He also identifies the challenges student-athletes face inside and outside of the classroom and how they can be helped in achieving academic success.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783030613280
ISBN-10: 3030613283
Pagini: 156
Ilustrații: XI, 156 p. 1 illus.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2020
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

Cuprins

1. "Why Should We Have to Go to Class if We Came Here to Play Football?" What This Book is About.- 2. "If I Wanted to Play, I Had to Bring Home the Grades": Interviews with Former Student Athletes.- 3. "Emptying the Tank": Current Student-Athletes.- 4. "Going into Classes Blind": Comparing Student-Athletes' Experiences.- 5. "Professional Sports are a Well-Paying Temporary Job": Messages from Coaches.- 6. "The Importance of Having a Plan B": Academic Personnel Who Work with Student-Athletes.- 7. Re imagining College Sports and Student Athletes.- 

Notă biografică

Dinur Blum is Lecturer in Sociology at California State University, Los Angeles, USA. Beyond his work on student-athletes in college, he studies the social causes of mass shootings in the US with his colleague Christian G. Jaworski. He also co-hosts the Learning Made Easier podcast with Adam G. Sanford.

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This book challenges existing literature on student-athletes and examines the obstacles student-athletes face with respect to academic achievement in college. Blum includes excerpts from in-depth, semi-structured interviews with US student-athletes, coaches, academic advisors, and learning specialists to provide insights on how student-athletes define success academically, athletically, and professionally. He also identifies the challenges student-athletes face inside and outside of the classroom and how they can be helped in achieving academic success.

Caracteristici

Includes interviews with past and present student-athletes Discusses the role of the academic student advisor in student success in higher education Offers recommendations for addressing specific challenges to academic achievement