1st Edition

Mixed Methods Research in the Movement Sciences Case Studies in Sport, Physical Education and Dance

Edited By Oleguer Camerino, Marta Castaner, Teresa Anguera Copyright 2012
240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

Mixed methods research techniques, combining both quantitative and qualitative elements, have become well established throughout the social, behavioural and natural sciences. This is the first book to focus on the application of mixed methods research in the movement sciences, specifically in sport, physical education and dance. Researchers and practitioners in each of these fields are concerned... Read more

PART I. The mixed methods approach to research  Chapter 1. Mixed methods procedures and designs for research on sport, physical education and dance - M. Teresa Anguera, Oleguer Camerino and Marta Castañer  PART II. Team and individual sports  Chapter 2. Detecting hidden patterns in the dynamics of play in team sports - Oleguer Camerino, Gudberg K. Jonsson, Pedro Sánchez-Algarra, Mª Teresa Anguera, António Lopes and Javier Chaverri.  Chapter 3. Optimizing techniques and dynamics in individual sports - Oleguer Camerino, Xavier Iglesias, Alfonso Gutiérrez, Ivan Prieto, Jorge Campaniço and Mª Teresa Anguera  PART III. Approaches to kinesics and dance  Chapter 4. Extending the analysis of motor skills in relation to performance and laterality - Marta Castañer, Juan Andueza, Pedro Sánchez-Algarra and M.T. Anguera  Chapter 5. Appraising choreographic creativity, aesthetics and the complexity of motor responses in dance - Marta Castañer, Carlota Torrents, Gaspar Morey and Toni Jofre  PART IV. Assessing coaches, teachers and instructors  Chapter 6. Optimizing verbal and nonverbal communication in physical education teachers, fitness instructors and sport coaches - Marta Castañer, Susana Franco, Jose Rodrigues and Catarina Miguel Summary

Biography

Oleguer Camerino is Professor of Physical Education Pedagogy and Head of Research and Observational Methods at the Human Motor Behaviour and Sport Laboratory  (http://lom.observesport.com/) at INEFC—University of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain.

Marta Castañer is Professor of Human Motor Behaviour and Head of Observational Methods at the Human Motor Behaviour and Sport Laboratory  (http://lom.observesport.com/) at INEFC—University of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain.

M. Teresa Anguera is Professor of Methodology of the Behavioural Sciences (Faculty of Psychology) and Head of the Observational Designs Research Group (http://www.observesport.com/) at the University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.