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doi:10.22028/D291-40335
Title: | Evaluation of the Elite Schools of Sport |
Author(s): | Emrich, Eike Fröhlich, Michael Klein, Markus Pitsch, Werner |
Language: | English |
Title: | International Review for the Sociology of Sport |
Volume: | 44 |
Issue: | 2-3 |
Pages: | 151 - 171 |
Publisher/Platform: | Sage Publications |
Year of Publication: | 2009 |
Free key words: | elite sport schools evaluation quality questioning |
DDC notations: | 796 Sports |
Publikation type: | Journal Article |
Abstract: | The German Olympic sport federation considers elite sport schools (ESS) to be beneficial for talented young athletes by offering school education and optimal training conditions, enabling pupils to perform at their best. An evaluation of ESS institutions systematically analyzed empirical data on ascribed and achieved aims with collected individual and collective data using questionnaires. On an individual basis, school performances and post-school occupational prospects, as well as competitive success of participants in the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2006 Winter Olympics were compared among ESS and non-ESS student-athletes. Age differences between the categories `continuous at ESS', `in stages at ESS' and `never at ESS' were not found. The results show that there was no difference in athletic performances between ESS pupils and others in the 2004 Summer Olympics, while in the 2006 Winter Olympics, there was a significant difference. Furthermore, there were no differences in school performances between the groups. Pupils at ESS often go on to pursue careers in the federal police and the armed forces, while many more non-ESS pupils work toward earning a university degree. The available data suggest that attending an ESS results in higher individual social costs which are not matched by comparable success in athletic competitions. |
DOI of the first publication: | 10.1177/1012690209104797 |
URL of the first publication: | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1012690209104797 |
Link to this record: | urn:nbn:de:bsz:291--ds-403355 hdl:20.500.11880/36281 http://dx.doi.org/10.22028/D291-40335 |
ISSN: | 1012-6902 1461-7218 |
Date of registration: | 16-Aug-2023 |
Faculty: | HW - Fakultät für Empirische Humanwissenschaften und Wirtschaftswissenschaft |
Department: | HW - Sportwissenschaft |
Professorship: | HW - Prof. Dr. Eike Emrich |
Collections: | SciDok - Der Wissenschaftsserver der Universität des Saarlandes |
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