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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"Sport for development"”.
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Peace and Sport: Challenging Limitations Across the Sport for Development and Peace Sector
… most challenging limitations facing the current Sport for Development and Peace sector. Employing an existing academic framework of the contemporary SDP sector, this case study explores under what conditions an SDP organization might begin to emancipate themselves from such limitations.
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A critical examination of girls’ (dis)empowerment in sport for development and peace.
In recent years, women’s and girls’ development has taken centre stage within the sport for development and peace (SDP) movement so much so that some scholars have referred to the attention on women and girls as the ‘girling of development’ (Hayhurst 2013a; Chawansky 2011). Amongst the increasing …
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Navigating the urban terrain: how practitioners adapt sport for development programs amid external challenges
Sport for development (SFD) programs can be influenced by factors that stem from the environment in which they operate. However, the influence of factors within the U.S. urban context on SFD programming have not been explored. The purpose of this study was to investigate how societal factors may …
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Sport and Social Capital: Perceptions of Sport for Development Organization Leaders in Kigali, Rwanda
… (2015) have offered analyses highlighting sport's contributions to societal well-being. More particularly, and for their part, scholars have suggested that sport for development (SFD) initiatives can encourage the development of social capital (Kidd and Donnelly, 2007; Nicholson and Hoye, …
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Action Sport for development in the Philippines: Exploring the Surfing, Well-Being and Environment Nexus
Internationally, (action) sport for development and peace (ASDP) initiatives use sport as a tool for development purposes to address several issues, including conserving the environment and promoting gender equality, health, and well-being among program participants. The purpose of this research …
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The cost of (Mis)communication : information routes, power struggles and gender in sport for development
Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (57-60). Also available online.
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The Everyday Breakaway: Participant Perspectives of Everyday Life Within a Sport for Development and Peace Program
… precarity and politics of the everyday lives of sport for development participants within a post-genocide Rwanda. Pushing beyond sport for development research that has traditionally centered on organizations, policies, and approaches, this study is grounded within its participants’ lived …
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Understanding the Role of Sport for Development in Community Capacity Building in a Refugee Camp in Tanzania
… been seen in the number of organizations using sport as a development tool in majority world communities. Specifically, Sport for Development programs have been promoted as a means to promote peace, a forum for social mobilization efforts and health initiatives, and a tool for sustainable …
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Sport for development and peace volunteers' motivations and volunteer management strategies: the case of South Korea and Argentina
Made available in DSpace on 2020-10-07T22:44:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 CHUNG-DISSERTATION-2020.pdf: 3413166 bytes, checksum: 2ebed7ea68248bfd1ce1654324c64a9a (MD5) LICENSE.txt: 4212 bytes, checksum: c4a19a77f9ff0bf2cbe89e82f3d6018a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2020-07-13
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Exploring employees’ perceptions of human resource practices of a sport for development organization: A case study of the Special Olympics Indiana
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2025-12-01
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Examining the antecedents, processes, and outcomes of partnership networks: a comparative case study of small- and large-sized sport-for-development organizations
… (IOPs) are structured and networked within sport-for-development (SFD) organizations. Then, this study examines how these partnership networks are formed and managed to leverage resources and capacity to facilitate at-risk youth development with a special emphasis on comparison of …
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Fit for life: an exploration of the approaches used by sport-for-development NGOs to monitor and evaluate programmes offered in schools
… study aimed at exploring the approaches used by sport-for-development organisations to monitor and evaluate their programmes offered to schools in the Cape Metropole. The study contributes to the growing fields of programme monitoring and evaluation (M&E) as well as sport-for-development in South …
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Exploring the Experiences and Perceptions of Teachers and Learners on The Effects of Sport for Development Programmes on Education Outcomes in Western Cape Schools.
… to inadequate and inconsistent learning. In an effort to remedy the problem, many interventions have been introduced, including sport for development programmes. In order to assess the impact of one type of intervention, this qualitative study explored the perceptions of sport for development …
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Exploring the Efficacy of the Community Organization Health Model as a Tool for Evaluating Sport-for-Development Programs: A Qualitative Content Analysis of Three Model Programs
… population. Due to the lack of a cure, recent efforts have focused on prevention measures for the disease. HIV prevention, particularly with the youth population, has spawned creative programs, such as the use of sport as an educational tool to equip youth with the skills to avoid contracting …
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"The case for peace-building as sport's next great legacy: A literature review, assessment, and suggestions for applying the ""slow child"" in the emergent field of Sport for Development and Peace"
Sport for Development and Peace (SDP) has gained substantial global interest in recent years among researchers, governmental and intergovernmental organizations, development workers, corporations, not-for-profits and community-based organizations, and activists. The rise of this field has drawn …
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"When You're Born You Can't Even Talk, So Everybody Starts Somewhere": the Lived Experiences of Sports Leadership Training
The ‘power of sport’ and its efficacy in personal and social development programmes has often been taken for granted. Despite the growing number of studies which have critically questioned how sport is used in developmental contexts, there has been seemingly little focus placed upon participants’ …
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Football as an agent or tool to promote women and girls' empowerment: a case study of coaching for hope - Cape Town
Football has been used as a tool for empowering women in numerous countries across the globe. This qualitative case study critically assesses the viability of football as an agent for empowering females. The study is based on Coaching for Hope's, "Empowerment of Women and Girls through Football" …
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More than a Game? Exploring Sport's Role in Refugee and Asylum-Seeker Settlement in Glasgow, Scotland
… and even more so, the relationship between sport and settlement, has generally been written out of discussions surrounding sport for development (SFD). This study seeks to fill some of this lacuna through a critical analysis of a grassroots, community football club for male refugees and …
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