Judo in Japan Research Paper

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It will be important for students to include the following key sections: 1) overview of national history, 2) overview the rules of the sport/game and its historical development, 3) overview of the cultural importance of the sport, 4) overview expressions of cultural values in the sport/game/human movement, and 5) explore how this cultural product has influenced US sport experiences and sport identities, and/or explain how a culture outside the U.S. has changed in response to internal and external pressures.

GENERAL NOTES

  • 4– 6 pages of text, not including title and reference pages (max of 10 written text pages)
  • Reference min. of 5 journal, peer-reviewed articles
  • In addition, you can use the textbook and course reader, but they do not count as 1of the 5.

Introduction (1/2pp.)

  1. Optional – cite an interesting quote to frame the discussion
  2. Topic sentence
  3. Larger scope and context
  4. Statement of purpose (what you will write about and discuss do in the paper)
  5. Goals of paper
  6. What you will cover

Overview of Nation (1/2pp.)

  • social background, with a focus on cultural values and larger sport history of the nation

Overview of Sport (1/2 – 1pp.)

  • social history, development of the sport, basic rules

Overview of Cultural Values (1 – 1 1/2pp.)

  1. Describe and analyze sociocultural values surrounding the sport and the participants
  2. Relate to journal articles, which discuss in some fashion, the general nature of the topic

Relation to US Sport & Culture (1/2p – 1pp).

  1. Explore how this cultural product has influenced US sport experiences and sport identities, and/or explain how a culture outside the U.S. has changed in response to internal and external pressures. (1pp.)
  2. Relate to journal articles, which discuss in some fashion, the general nature of the topic

Discussion (1/2 pp.)

  1. Summarize the main content of paper
  2. Wrap up main themes of paper
  3. Suggest possible intervention(s) and/or social actions
  4. Reference any additional journal materials
  5. Final thoughts and looking forward, future areas

References

  1. New page unto itself
  2. APA style is usually cited: Last Name, First Name 1stLetter. (year). Article title. Journal title, vol, pp. .
    e.g. citation: Johnson, B. (2007). Learning to read the media. Journal of Popular Culture, 11, 124 – 135.
  3. See webct handouts for detailed APA citation examples
  4. See Purdue owl link for more on APA

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