CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT IN SPORT: An Ethnographic Study of Character Development in an Elite Prep-School Basketball Program

The development of individual and team character was investigated through an ethnographic study of an elite prep-school basketball team. Data were collected over a five-month period using diverse methods, including participant observations, interviews, video recordings, and audio recordings. Content...

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Published inJournal of research on character education Vol. 3; no. 2; p. 121
Main Authors Davidson, Matthew L, Moran-Miller, Kelli E
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Greenwich Information Age Publishing 01.07.2005
Subjects
Athletes
Basketball
Behavior
Coaches & managers
College Athletics
College students
Content analysis
Educational Environment
Elementary schools
High school sports
High Schools
Learning
Moral education
Physical Education
Qualitative research
Values Education
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Summary:The development of individual and team character was investigated through an ethnographic study of an elite prep-school basketball team. Data were collected over a five-month period using diverse methods, including participant observations, interviews, video recordings, and audio recordings. Content analysis of the data identified emerging themes and categories surrounding the topic of character development in a competitive performance context. Thirteen emerging themes are presented and discussed. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:1543-1223