Life lessons after classes: investigating the influence of an afterschool sport program on adolescents’ life skills development
The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of an afterschool sport program on adolescents’ life skills development and to identify which characteristics of the program would have an influence on their life skills acquisition. The participants were six children (4 boys, 2 girls) who p...
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| description | The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of an afterschool sport program on adolescents’ life skills development and to identify which characteristics of the program would have an influence on their life skills acquisition. The participants were six children (4 boys, 2 girls) who participated in a 12-week afterschool program implemented in two elementary schools, as well as the two program instructors who implemented the afterschool sport program. Data were collected from individual interviews with program participants and instructors. The inductive analysis of data revealed four categories of life skills developed through program participation: (1) playing well and being more active, (2) connecting well and having better social skills, (3) coping well and becoming a better problem solver, and (4) dreaming well and having a better sense of purpose. Regarding the characteristics of the program that influenced life skills development, three themes emerged: (1) having a clear goal and building consensus with stakeholders, (2) establishing a firm yet flexible structure, and (3) instructors’ use of effective strategies for teaching life skills. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-98b742b165204f7cbda9984b929a320b2022-12-21T19:32:09ZengTaylor & Francis GroupInternational Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health & Well-Being1748-26312017-01-0112110.1080/17482631.2017.13070601307060Life lessons after classes: investigating the influence of an afterschool sport program on adolescents’ life skills developmentOkseon Lee0Mirim Park1Kyunghwan Jang2Yongnam Park3Seoul National UniversitySeoul National UniversitySeoul National UniversitySeoul National UniversityThe purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of an afterschool sport program on adolescents’ life skills development and to identify which characteristics of the program would have an influence on their life skills acquisition. The participants were six children (4 boys, 2 girls) who participated in a 12-week afterschool program implemented in two elementary schools, as well as the two program instructors who implemented the afterschool sport program. Data were collected from individual interviews with program participants and instructors. The inductive analysis of data revealed four categories of life skills developed through program participation: (1) playing well and being more active, (2) connecting well and having better social skills, (3) coping well and becoming a better problem solver, and (4) dreaming well and having a better sense of purpose. Regarding the characteristics of the program that influenced life skills development, three themes emerged: (1) having a clear goal and building consensus with stakeholders, (2) establishing a firm yet flexible structure, and (3) instructors’ use of effective strategies for teaching life skills.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2017.1307060Life skillsafterschoolsport programyouth development |
| spellingShingle | Okseon Lee Mirim Park Kyunghwan Jang Yongnam Park Life lessons after classes: investigating the influence of an afterschool sport program on adolescents’ life skills development International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health & Well-Being Life skills afterschool sport program youth development |
| title | Life lessons after classes: investigating the influence of an afterschool sport program on adolescents’ life skills development |
| title_full | Life lessons after classes: investigating the influence of an afterschool sport program on adolescents’ life skills development |
| title_fullStr | Life lessons after classes: investigating the influence of an afterschool sport program on adolescents’ life skills development |
| title_full_unstemmed | Life lessons after classes: investigating the influence of an afterschool sport program on adolescents’ life skills development |
| title_short | Life lessons after classes: investigating the influence of an afterschool sport program on adolescents’ life skills development |
| title_sort | life lessons after classes investigating the influence of an afterschool sport program on adolescents life skills development |
| topic | Life skills afterschool sport program youth development |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2017.1307060 |
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