There is a need for educational support structures to empower parents in sustaining talented athletes pursuing academic and sports careers (e. g., dual career). The present workdescribestheparticipatory designusedtodevelopaseriesofeducationalresources and the subsequent iterations used to evaluate the content of the EMPATIA online education programme for parents of dual-career athletes. Following an ethnographi...
BackgroundThisstudyaimedtouseaconceptmappingmethodologytodevelopaEuropeanframeworkoftheneedsofparents/guardians(P/G)forsupportingathletescombiningsportandeduca-tion(dualcareer,DC).MethodsBymeansofaconceptmappingmethodology,337French,Irish,Italian,Portuguese,andSlovenianparentssortedandrated80potentialstatementsassociatedtoparentingDCathletes.ResultsFivedistinctclustersemerged:1.P/G’roles,needsandawarenesstosupp...
Background Despite the fact that an educational programme for parents of youth tennis players has been launched recently, there is a need to empower parents of athletes in sustaining the combination of education and sport careers (i.e., dual career) of their talented and elite athletes across sports. The aim of this study was to explore the parents’ view of their role as dual career supporters and their need fo...
To inform on the objectives and progression of the AMiD, EMPATIA, DONA, Ed Media, More Than Gold, Starting 11 and SOS ERASMUS+ Sport Collaborative Partnerships in which EAS cooperates with sport bodies and educational institutions to envisage novel solutions for the development of opportunities in education and sport paths of athletes. Dual career dimensions, evidence- and eminence- based methods include litera...
This study aimed to use a concept mapping methodology to develop a European framework of the needs of parents/guardians (P/G) for supporting athletes combining sport and education (dual career, DC). By means of a concept mapping methodology, 337 French, Irish, Italian, Portuguese, and Slovenian parents sorted and rated 80 potential statements associated to parenting DC athletes. Five distinct clusters emerged: ...