Pei-Hsuan, Kuo_MED_2022

Title Pei-Hsuan, Kuo_MED_2022
Alternative Title Experiences of Student-Athletes: A Comparative Study Between Taiwan and the United States
Creator Pei-Hsuan, Kuo
Collection Name Master of Education
Description The following is a Masters of Education thesis comparing athlete and student role identities among college student-athletes in Taiwan and the United States.
Abstract The purpose of this study was to compare the athlete and student role identities among college student-athletes in Taiwan and the United States. Retrospective in-depth interviews were conducted with four male student-athletes and four female student-athletes. Based on the experience of participants, this study reports how their identities develop into career goals and plans in educational and athletic systems of different cultures. The current findings support Chan's (2018) study that student-athletes in Taiwan are facing challenges in development in academic, and Forster and Huml's (2017) suggestion that Taiwanese student-athletes could invest in both athlete and student role identities and develop well-rounded skills, and investing in the latter may allow exploration of non-sports career options. This study provides evidence that the National Collegiate Athletic Association is a well-established collegiate athletic nonprofit organization (Fletcher et al., 2003; Lumpkin, Achen & Hyland, 2015). The NCAA's systems, rules, and regulations do govern and develop the well-rounded student-athlete. The implications of being student-athletes under managed by NCAA has made student-athletes have comprehensive skills both in and out of athletic careers (Hosick & Sproull, 2012; Huang et al., 2016; Miller & Buttell, 2018). More importantly, the role of the student-athlete is indeed valued and admired in the United States (National Collegiate Athletic Association, 2009e).
Subject College athletes; Education, Higher; Students, Foreign
Keywords College; United States; Taiwan; Student-athletes
Digital Publisher Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date 2022
Medium Thesis
Type Text
Access Extent 57 page PDF; 484 KB
Language eng
Rights The author has granted Weber State University Archives a limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to reproduce their theses, in whole or in part, in electronic or paper form and to make it available to the general public at no charge. The author retains all other rights.
Source University Archives Electronic Records; Master of Education. Stewart Library, Weber State University
OCR Text Show
Format application/pdf
ARK ark:/87278/s6d7pxk4
Setname wsu_smt
ID 96873
Reference URL https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6d7pxk4