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Students will complete a final scholarly research paper that will be due at the end of the semester. The paper provides an opportunity to integrate the larger themes of the class. Students are expected to incorporate one or more of the analytical perspectives covered in class in their evaluation of a particular national sport culture. Papers should address the historical development of a particular sport/game/human movement in a specific nation. Students will develop a comprehensive overview of a particular sport/game/human movement from a specific nation state.
Students will compare, and contrast a cultural product (either a sport, game, or form of human movement) of one culture outside the U.S. It will be important for students to include the following key sections: 1) overview of national history, 2) overview the rules of the sport/game and its historical development, 3) overview of the cultural importance of the sport, 4) overview expressions of cultural values in the sport/game/human movement, and 5) explore how this cultural product has influenced US sport experiences and sport identities, and/or explain how a culture outside the U.S. has changed in response to internal and external pressures. Students will need to ground their explorations in theoretical concepts discussed in class.
Topics must be approved by instructor.
Students will discuss important research findings and the implications of these findings in a review paper (4-6 pages, double-spaced), citing a minimum of five (5) academic peer-reviewed journals.
Papers should include a synopsis, analysis, and application of current research as reported in the literature. Students will need to ground their explorations in theoretical concepts discussed in class. Students are encouraged to cite from the core course textbook, .gov resources, non-profit agencies, NGOs, and other rigorous reference materials.
Papers will be evaluated on the following criteria: (a) Content and organization of the three key sections, including synthesis of reference material; (b) creativity and insight expressed through the integration of all components of the assignment; (c) citations, references, and format; (d) syntax, grammar, and spelling; and (e) adherence to the assignment guidelines.
Evaluation criteria include the following: (a) identification of ethnic/cultural group and sport/game/ human movement, structured issues association with selected ethnic/cultural group, political, historical, economic, and/or social processes that have led to the creation, production, and consumption of the sport/game/ human movement; (b) synthesis, critical analysis and application of the literature; (c) adherence to the assignment guidelines; (d) citations, references, and format; (e) syntax, grammar, and spelling; and (f) originality and creativity.
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GENERAL NOTES
4– 6 pages of text, not including title and reference pages (max of 10 written text pages)
Reference min. of 5 journal, peer-reviewed articles
In addition, you can use the textbook and course reader, but they do not count as 1of the 5.
You can also use ESPN magazine, Slate, The Nation, The Atlantic, Mother Jones, and NYT as additional sources
See webct and class reader for examples of peer review journal articles and how to cite
12 pt. font, APA style, black ink, times new roman font style, white paper, indent new paragraphs, use paragraph breaks
APA is written in past tense whenever possible (e.g. The purpose of this paper was ….The goal of this paper was…)
Need to have in-text citations for any material noted on the reference page
Double space lines of text
Inside the paper – main section titles are good for organization (e.g. section title…Moving Toward Change: Social Action in H.S. Sport)
Brief, clear, and concise writing; write with academic, formal voice
No more than 3 direct referenced quotes in paper
Read and follow in detail the paper guidelines; see grading rubric for specifics; see webct handout on personal inq. paper details
Try to avoid overuse of it, they; make sure tenses agree; use of I in this paper is OK
Use spell check and grammar check!
Title Page
Title page should include:
Running Head (left justified, upper case letters, paper title)
Upper Right Hand Corner: a shortened version of paper title placed in the upper right hand corner in the header section, 5 spaces before the pg number
Title of Paper (be creative here!)
Author Name
University
Class Name & Section if applicable
Professor
Date (e.g. 4 January 2007)
Pg #s in upper right hand corner preceded by truncated running head title
Upper left corner TITLE (upper case) – this is a running head
Except for running head and pg numbers, everything else on title page is centered and double spaced
12 pt. Font only
Introduction (1/2pp.)
Optional – cite an interesting quote to frame the discussion
Topic sentence
Larger scope and context
Statement of purpose (what you will write about and discuss do in the paper)
Goals of paper
What you will cover
Overview of Nation (1/2pp.)
social background, with a focus on cultural values and larger sport history of the nation
Overview of Sport (1/2 – 1pp.)
social history, development of the sport, basic rules
Overview of Cultural Values (1 – 1 1/2pp.)
Describe and analyze sociocultural values surrounding the sport and the participants
Relate to journal articles, which discuss in some fashion, the general nature of the topic
Relation to US Sport & Culture (1/2p – 1pp).
Explore how this cultural product has influenced US sport experiences and sport identities, and/or explain how a culture outside the U.S. has changed in response to internal and external pressures. (1pp.)
Relate to journal articles, which discuss in some fashion, the general nature of the topic
Discussion (1/2 pp.)
Summarize the main content of paper
Wrap up main themes of paper
Suggest possible intervention(s) and/or social actions
Reference any additional journal materials
Final thoughts and looking forward, future areasReferences
New page unto itself
APA style is usually cited: Last Name, First Name 1st Letter. (year). Article title. Journal title, vol, pp. .
e.g. citation: Johnson, B. (2007). Learning to read the media. Journal of Popular Culture, 11, 124 – 135.
See webct handouts for detailed APA citation examples
See Purdue owl link for more on APA
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