Education in the Chinese national sport system. Experiences of professional wushu athletes.

Autor/inn/en	Zhang, Yang; Chin, Jessica W.; Reekie, Shirley H. M.
Titel	Education in the Chinese national sport system. Experiences of professional wushu athletes. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Bildung im nationalen chinesischen Sportsystem. Erfahrungen professioneller Wushu-Athleten.
Quelle	In: Sport in society, 22 (2019) 8, S. 1466-1480 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1461-0981; 1743-0437; 1743-0445
DOI	10.1080/17430437.2018.1529168
Schlagwörter	Bildung; Interview; Bildungspolitik; Schulbildung; Leistungssport; Spitzensport; Sport; Sportförderung; Sportsoziologie; Ausbildung; Erfahrungsbericht; System; Zentralisierung; Sportler; China
Abstract	Within the Chinese national sport system, the government provides resources and funding to train athletes from a young age to become high-performance competitors. Though athletes are well supported to excel in their sport, during their years of intense physical training, athletes generally receive little to no formal education to prepare them for life outside of sport. The sacrifice of forgoing formal education to compete in elite level sport is not uncommon for athletes within centralized sporting systems and has been widely documented; however, there is little research that focuses on the impact of the team's educational systems from the perspective of the athletes. To add to the growing body of research in this area, the authors utilized in-depth interviews to examine professional wushu athletes' education experiences whilst training on their team. Thematic analysis of the findings revealed that athletes who committed themselves to sport training in the Chinese national system had to negotiate a number of factors related to time, motivation, social influences, and resources when it came to education and academia. Findings highlight the ways in which these athletes experience and come to terms with limited academic opportunities, preparation and support from their team and the training environment. (Autor).
Erfasst von	Bundesinstitut für Sportwissenschaft, Bonn
Update	2019/4