Title: Distance education of student-athletes at the Secondary Construction School and Gymnasium Maribor

Authors: Alenka Ambrož Jurgec; Boris Aberšek

Addresses: Srednja Gradbena Šola in Gimnazija Maribor, Smetanova 35, Maribor, Slovenia; Faculty of Natural Science and Mathematics, University of Maribor, Koroška 160, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia ' Faculty of Natural Science and Mathematics, University of Maribor, Koroška 160, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia

Abstract: During the pandemic, many problems surfaced in the field of education, especially in distance education. Since our school has much experience with distance education for student-athletes, we wanted to upgrade and generalise such practices to become useful for other non-athlete students during distance education. From our many years of experience, we have found that the main problem in implementing distance education is primarily the organisation of such classes. For this purpose, a new pedagogical-organisational model with an appropriate platform and a mobile application was developed. A longitudinal study on the success of distance learning was conducted as part of this research. In parallel, a structured questionnaire was used to test what teachers believed to be the characteristics of distance education. The research shows significant statistical differences in the length of time (completion) of education of student athletes. A changed role of the teacher has also been identified.

Keywords: distance education; comprehensive information solution; mobile applications; student-athlete education.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMIE.2024.136923

International Journal of Management in Education, 2024 Vol.18 No.2, pp.91 - 110

Received: 28 Apr 2023
Accepted: 17 Jul 2023
Published online: 29 Feb 2024 *

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