A narrative review on student-athletes in higher education: barriers, solutions and satisfactory post-sport career transition

This study aimed to analyse the conciliation between sports and academic education of student-athletes in higher education. We searched the Capes Journal Platform (Portal Capes) and selected 14 articles for analysis after refinement. We noted that student-athletes encounter different barriers relate...

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Autores principales: Martins, Fernando Bernardes, Rocha, Hugo Paula Almeida da, Costa, Felipe Rodrigues da
Formato: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Lenguaje:Portugués
Publicado: Universidade Estadual de Campinas 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/riesup/article/view/8657154
http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/69110
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Sumario:This study aimed to analyse the conciliation between sports and academic education of student-athletes in higher education. We searched the Capes Journal Platform (Portal Capes) and selected 14 articles for analysis after refinement. We noted that student-athletes encounter different barriers related to the stereotype of intellectual inferiority attributed to them, their training routine and to the preparation for life after sport.  The encouragement of academic goals and the educational institutions’ understanding of the difficulties encountered by student-athletes were pointed out as means of overcoming the barriers related to the negative stereotype. The participation in activities that promote vocational development in conjunction with the provision of online courses during preparation periods for competitions is indicated as a strategy for a satisfactory post-sport career transition. We raise questions and suggestions so that the dual career can be understood as an effective opportunity for the formation of elite athletes.