Sports, Study, or Sleep Understanding the Student-Athlete's College Experiences /
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Blum, Dinur.
Sports, Study, or Sleep Understanding the Student-Athlete's College Experiences / [electronic resource] : by Dinur Blum. - 1st ed. 2020. .- Cham :: : , 2020., .- XI, 156 p. 1 illus., online resource. -ISBN 9783030613266
- SpringerLink (Online service),
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 -- .
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.
10.1007/978-3-030-61326-6 doi
Higher education.
Physical education and training.
Sports—Sociological aspects.
Sports sciences.
Life skills.
Maturation (Psychology).
Higher Education.
Sport Education and Didactics.
Sociology of Sport and Leisure.
Sport Science .
Life Skills.
Personal Development.
LB2300-2799.3
378
Blum, Dinur.
Sports, Study, or Sleep Understanding the Student-Athlete's College Experiences / [electronic resource] : by Dinur Blum. - 1st ed. 2020. .- Cham :: : , 2020., .- XI, 156 p. 1 illus., online resource. -ISBN 9783030613266
- SpringerLink (Online service),
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 -- .
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.
10.1007/978-3-030-61326-6 doi
Higher education.
Physical education and training.
Sports—Sociological aspects.
Sports sciences.
Life skills.
Maturation (Psychology).
Higher Education.
Sport Education and Didactics.
Sociology of Sport and Leisure.
Sport Science .
Life Skills.
Personal Development.
LB2300-2799.3
378