ACTION RESEARCH PLAN
After speaking with my mentor again, and seeing another's response to my Action Research project and realizing the difficulties that I could face, I've decided to research something that hits close to home and that I encounter on my campus each year. I will research "What Factors Influence Students not to Participate in Extra-Curricular Activities" I know that this hits close to Joseph Browns research project but I'm going to research it from another perspective. #1 Why do students choose or not choose to join a specific Group, Club or Team #2 Does demographics keep students from participating in specific activities #3 Did they participate in Middle School and if so what was their experience.
I only want to interview around 100 students 50/50 male and female. The target population will be those who once participated and find out why they chose to stop participating. I will find those students by asking former coaches who played for them and by also asking current participants about their classmates. I will also interview students who have never participated and see why there is no interest.
I will then try to formulate a strategy to help to keep students interested throughout their high school days.
Michael, I am very interested in your project. I am a former athlete and I currently coach at a university. The benefits students receive from participating in extra-curricular activities are endless and it is extremely important that we encourage our kids to get involved. Something you may want to add to your project is looking into what kind of encouragement and involvement these kids are getting from their parents.
ReplyDeleteMichael - Great topic! Something else to think about is what type of activities, if not available in your district, do students want to see available? This is why some parents spend a ton of money on camps, elite clubs, etc. I think once you get this information, there could possibly be some innovative changes to promoting extra curricular activities, team building, transition interventions, etc. to the programs. I like this topic!
ReplyDeleteLove your topic! I am a band director and am very concerned about student involvement in extra-curricular activities. Students gain so much from being members of teams and clubs. Extra-curricular activities truly enrich their learning socially as well as academically. A somewhat gray area that you may want to look into is how well the extra-curricular teachers recruit students into their programs. We worked really hard to get students excited about joining the band towards the end of this past year and were rewarded with twice as many students signing up compared to last year. I don't mean for you to research how popular the different teachers are or anything of the sort, but a good look at the incentives of being in the different programs might add some interesting data to your research. Good luck!
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