INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC ACADEMY 7th JOINT - IOA

5. Operating methods
- This research is theoretical with the use of historical, causal
and comparative research methods.
- Methodological challenges of this research require working
with documents, magazines, bulletins as well as other relevant
sources. In collecting relevant data the techniques of interview
and survey will be used. “Comparative study has moved on
from early descriptive narratives of WHAT through the
formative historic-explanatory tradition, to comprehensive and
systematic methods of data collection in the tradition of the
social sciences to reveal the WHY and HOW of developed and
developing systems”. As well as other researches dedicated to
the social being of man, this one also deals with social facts
from the field of school competition through survey, content
analysis and statistical analysis.
- Collected data will be systemised and classified for the
purpose of the ensuing theoretical synthesis.
6. Subject of research
The research involves the analysis of various features of school
sports competition system as well as the quality of individual results
from the competition programme. The subject of this research is the
influence of this competition system on team cohesion, training,
attitudes and motivation as parts of pedagogic-psychological
processes such as sports training and physical education.
7. Relevance of research
The research has a wide range of importance such as:
- Quality and quantity analysis in the function of further
establishment of this sports competition system.
- Estimation of impact of School Olympic Games on talent
identification and school sports development.
- Considering that the subject of this project also involves
attitudes and motivation of pupils for taking up sports, the
results of the research will provide the basis for evaluation of
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