Phenomenological analysis of the factors affecting the improvement of public participation in school sports
Publisher: name: The University Of Kurdistan
Year: 2021

description: Introduction\nPublic participation has been considered as an important and key issue in recent\nyears in various fields. In other words, the development of public participation\nat the international level and its positive functions has caused public\nparticipation to have appropriate capacities. Public participation means using\nthe capacities of individuals to develop a field or a program. Public\nparticipation is the use of the financial, intellectual and spiritual capacities of\nothers to complete or develop various activities. In the last few decades, due to\nthe increasing emphasis on the involvement of people in decision-making and\ngiven the importance of public opinion in development planning, the concept\nof public participation has been considered. Gradually, the concept of popular\nparticipation has been transformed from a symbolic state into a practical one.\nOne of the important functions of public participation is in the field of school\nsports. Sporty Yar charities engage in charitable activities that move towards\nthe development of sports resources in our country. Activities that, if further\nsupported and supported by the government; it will also play a significant role\nin promoting Iranian sports. Even in a situation where due to the extent of the\ngovernment's sports activities, the government alone is not able to provide\ngood quality and quantity services without the participation of the people. On\nthe other hand, it should not be forgotten that this part of the popular support\nis only to create a suitable platform for the development of sports spaces and\nfacilities, and the donors are not looking for personal choice. The present study was one of the qualitative researches that was conducted in the\nfield. Qualitative part: The qualitative method used in the present study was\nphenomenological. Phenomenology studies the actual experiences of\nindividuals, and it is believed that there are substances in these experiences\nthat can be understood and studied. Participants in the present study included\nindividuals who participated voluntarily in school sports. Participants in this\nstudy were sampled using purposive sampling with homogeneous sampling\napproach and at the same time with maximum diversity. This issue was formed\nuntil the theoretical saturation was reached. Finally, 15 interviews were\nconducted in this regard. The data collection tool in the present study was a\nsemi-structured interview. Semi-structured interviews are one of the most\ncommon types of interviews used in qualitative research.\nResearch Findings\nThe descriptive results of the study showed that the participants included 66.7%\nmale and 33.3% female. Also, among these research samples, people with a\ndoctoral degree with 46.7% have the highest number. Descriptive results\nshowed that fruiting individuals over the age of 50 years with 46.7% had the\nhighest frequency. The results showed that there are 4 main themes and 16 subthemes. According to the results of the present study, the factors affecting the\nimprovement of public participation in school sports were identified in 4\nsections, including individual aspects, socio-cultural issues, and management\nissues and sports facts. In other words, paying attention to the identified factors\ncan provide the basis for improving public participation in school sports.\nDiscussion and conclusion\nPublic participation is identified as one of the management tools in the present\nage. The functions of public participation in attracting financial resources,\nimproving the human condition, as well as utilizing the existing organizational\nand non-organizational potentials have caused the managers of organizations\nto try to develop it. Promoting public participation can also lead to\nenvironmental dynamism and increased social interaction. This has led to the\nidentification of public participation as a key issue in the management system\nof advanced societies. On the other hand, school sports as a basis for the\ndevelopment of sports in societies more than ever needs a fundamental\ndevelopment and transformation. This issue is understood in Iran more than\nany other country due to lack of investment and long-term planning. In other\nwords, in order to develop school sports, it is necessary to completely eliminate\nthe existing problems and limitations. This issue has led to the present study\nwas designed and implemented with the aim of factors affecting the\ndevelopment of public participation in school sports. The results of the present study showed that a total of four general factors including individual aspects,\nsocio-cultural issues, and management issues and sports facts were identified\nas effective factors in the development of public participation in school sports.\nIn other words, in the development of public participation in school sports,\nserious attention should be paid to individual aspects, socio-cultural issues,\nmanagerial issues and sports facts. According to the results of the present study\non the existence of factors related to sports facts in order to improve public\nparticipation in school sports, it is suggested that by writing about the situation\nof school sports and identifying its common problems, the primary concern is\nto attract volunteers to school sports. Appeared. It is also suggested to create a\nplatform to visit the teacher sports to create transparency about the current state\nof school sports. According to the results of the present study on the existence\nof factors related to management issues in order to improve public participation\nin school sports, it is suggested that by monitoring the material and human\nresources absorbed and proper use of these resources, to promote public trust\nto improve public participation in sports Schools took action. Also, according\nto the results of the present study on the existence of factors related to sociocultural issues in order to improve public participation in school sports, it is\nsuggested to control cultural differences in schools to attract all individual and\ngroup capacities to develop public participation in school sports. Provided. In\nthis regard, it is also suggested to use the prominent and influential figures of\nthe country in school sports, to provide the ground for attracting public\nparticipation in school sports. According to the results of the present study on\nthe existence of factors related to individual issues in order to improve public\nparticipation in school sports, it is suggested that the management of individual\ndifferences in schools between students and the participants themselves try to\nuse the existing capacity in this regard. In order to conduct the present study,\nthere were some limitations, such as the lack of accurate statistics and\ninformation on the amount and performance of public participation in school\nsports, as well as the low research spirit of some participants in the study.