KAQI

clicks	1446
Vol (number)	2(2)
title	On Qualitative Research in Sport (Pedagogy)- A Half Life Story of a Qualitative Researcher -
author(s)	Euichang Choi(Seoul National University)
Keywords	sport pedagogy, qualitative research, practitioner research, self-study
Abstract	The study is to introduce the status of the qualitative research (QR) in sport pedagogy. It introduces how it has been evolved and where it stands now. Rather than providing extensive overview the whole field of sport pedagogy, the researcher introduces personal stories of the last 25 years with experiences of the evolution of sport pedagogy in the field of the profession as a researcher. The story is laid out around three topics that holds significant meaning to the researcher. First, the starting points of qualitative studies in sport pedagogy are reviewed and how it has been developed is outlined. The emerging interests on QR, paradigm wars, streams in QR, and conceptual debates are also discussed. Second, among many genres in QR, the study looks into a specific QR in which the researcher have personal academic interests. It is called action research and/or practitioner research. Extensive discussion is included on the status of various genres of QR in educational studies. Third, the topic of writing in QR is covered, along with the researcher’s observation on writing styles in QR and sport pedagogy. The study is concluded with the halfway life story of the researcher as a QR practitioner with suggestion of three key themes for development of Korean sport pedagogy.
file	2최의창.pdf