Feature Perfect: Analysis of Academically Successful Student-Athletes of Bataan Peninsula State University, College of Education
CHAPTER I
THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND
Introduction
In the field of Education, being a successful varsity player and being academically successful student at the same time may be one of the greatest dreams of every students to achieve while in college. In fact, there is this term “jock”, a well-known stereotype of athletes both in high school and college. According to N. Grimit (2014), the term has negatively been associated with the average athlete who seems solely concerned with athletic, but the name is living up to the academic ambition of athletes today. Hence, students nowadays have this notion that whenever one excels as varsity player, one may be mere average or worst, below average when it comes to academic success.
In addition, C.M. Valleser (2014) mentioned that National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United states has even noted that many student-athletes continue to struggle academically. More so, according to R.A. Ignacio (2017), Department of Physical Education College of Arts and Science, Laguna State Polytechnic University of the Philippines states that people in the academe believed that sports participation hindered the students’ ability to excel in their academic courses because most of their times were allotted into sports commitment such as training and competitions than studying alone. Also, some critics believed that there was no possibility that the student-athletes achieve excellence in sports as well as in academics at the same time. Hence, many students have to choose between sports and academics.
In contrary, many people are firm believers that the positive of athletic participation outweigh the negatives. In fact, according to Florida National University Athletic Department (2019) taking the Miami Dolphins for example, believed that sports and academics go together and have consistently demonstrated that physically active people are not only healthier but also perform better on tests of cerebral or intellectual ability. In addition, E. Lemerand (2018) mentioned when students play sports, it requires them to memorize, repeat and learn. All these skills translate into the classroom. In both places, goals are created and achieved. Hence, sports help academically, physically and helps reduce pressure as well as stress. Don't use plagiarised sources.Get your custom essay just from $11/page
The abovementioned issues and the actualities with regards to the notion of student-athlete’s academic success hinder aspirant students to venture into sports and other extracurricular activities specifically at Bataan Peninsula State University, College of Education. In fact, in the College of Education, there were only #### student-athletes from first year to fourth year. Among those ####, there were only ### student-athletes who excel both in sports and in academics. Also, among the college students in the College of Education, there were only ## active student-athletes and the rest of # students do not wish to become a student-athlete. Thus, the result of this survey encouraged the researcher to determine what a feature perfect student athlete is. This is to reveal the possessed qualities of these academically successful student-athletes of Bataan Peninsula State University, College of Education. This study aims to the qualities of these academically successful student-athletes in terms of: (1) motivation, (2) study habit, and (3) time management skills and to be able to contribute by providing basis for an intervention program that will help eliminate the negative notions among student-athlete’s academic standing and to encourage skilled students to become a successful student-athlete.
Statement of the Problem
Hence, the general problem of this study is: What are the qualities of academically successful student-athletes of Bataan Peninsula State University, College of Education?
Specifically, the study seeks answers to the following questions:
- What are the qualities of academically successful student-athletes in terms of:
- Motivations;
- Study Habit and;
- Time Management Skills?
- What intervention program can be drawn to help eliminate the negative notions among student-athlete’s academic standing and to encourage skilled students to become a successful student-athlete?
Significance of the Study
The result of this study will hopefully give better insights to all the people the field of education. Identifying the qualities of academically successful student-athletes is important not only to eliminate the negative notion on the academic standing but also to encourage other student to become academically successful student-athletes.
Students. Students are the main benefactor of this study specifically those students who are endowed with skills and talents to different sports. They would not have to choose between academics and sports. Through the intervention program out of this study, they will be able to learn how to manage and excel in both academics and sports; gain more confidence and be more motivated knowing the different qualities of the academically successful student-athletes in the college. Each of them will have an idea on how they can improve their qualities as student-athletes.
Teachers. This will help the faculty to assist student-athlete to succeed both in academics and sports. They will also be able to directly address the negative notions on the academic standing of student-athlete since the result of the study will provide them details about the different qualities of the academically successful student-athlete whom they may use as an inspiration to their students.
School Administrators. The result of this study will serve as guide to the school to formulate school programs that will help and support student-athlete to succeed. Being able to increase the number of the student-athletes in school through the intervention as a result of this study means more opportunities for the school to be known for successful student-athletes and less students being engaged in disturbing activities.
Future Researchers. The research findings can be used as related literature to the researcher’s future works on academics and athletes. They can use the information gathered in conducting they own study. The result will direct them to conduct researchers linked in to their field of specialization.
Scope and Delimitation of the Study
This study utilized descriptive-qualitative methods of research that focuses on the feature perfect qualities of academically successful student-athlete of Bataan Peninsula State University, College of Education. Academically successful student-athlete refers to the student from first year to fourth year, active and official students-athlete who were consistent deans listed in the College of Education. The respondents involved ###.
The study employs purposive or deliberate sampling technique where the researcher selects particular group/s based on certain criteria or purposes which happens to be those academically successful student-athletes. Since the aim of this study is to identify the qualities of these student-athletes, the study employs open ended questionnaires and unstructured interviews for follow-up questions regarding their motivations, study habit and time management skills.
NOTES IN CHAPTER I
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Valleser, C. (2014). In- and Off-Season Academic Performance of College Student-Athletes in
Team Sports. The Asian International Journal of Life Sciences 23(2): 625-634.
Ignacio, R. (2017). Academic Achievement as Influenced by Sports Participation in Selected
Universities in the Philippines. Education 2017, 7(3): 53-57 DOI 10.5923/j.edu.2017070.03
Florida National University Athletic Department (2019), The Link Between Sports and Academic
Performance. June 1, 2019 Retrieved on: Feb. 20, 2020, Retrieved from: https://www.fnu.edu/the-link-between-sports-and-academic-performance/
Lemerand, E. (2018), How do sports affect students? The Chain Lake Fenton High School News
Online, March 7, 2019 Retrieved on Feb. 20, 2020, Retrieved from: https://lfchain.net/1217/sports/how-do-sports-affect-students/