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Abstract
Sports participation within the total American educational system holds a unique position when compared to the rest of the world: Most countries in the world sponsor sports either completely apart from educational institutions, or else sponsor organized sports that display weak structural alignments with their school so Athletics in America are taught, sponsored, sanctioned, and administered by selected representatives of the American educational system. Sports in American culture, using school as a vehicle, continue to reach all levels of contemporary society. l Interscholastic sports competition for males has long been an integral part of contemporary American educational systems. As such, athletics have been assumed to influence in positive ways the overall socialization of the individual. 2 Athletics, like any other subject area in the school, presumably contribute to the process acquire the and motives are or will by which individuals selectively skills, knowledges, attitudes, values, current in the groups of which they become members.3 In other words, the goal of socialization via athletics is to enable individuals to participate as more or less effective members of groups and society. 4
Year of Submission
1982
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Education
Department
Department of School Administration and Personnel Services
First Advisor
James E. Albrecht
Date Original
1982
Object Description
1 PDF file (42 leaves)
Copyright
©1982 Mark Myers Hendrickson
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Hendrickson, Mark Myers, "A study of the consequences of high school athletic participation" (1982). Graduate Research Papers. 2537.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/grp/2537
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