Ulaanbaatar City Community Sport Development and the Youth Sport Participation: Challenges and Opportunities = Ulaanbaatar 도시의 지역사회 스포츠 개발과 유소년 운동 참여: 도전과 기회

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

My research was designed to develop an understanding on of the current status of community participation in community sport development activities with emphasis on Mongolian youth participation frequency in community sports development activities, with the objectives to understand what restricts youth participation in such activities and how these activities can be promoted and developed in the community.
The study analyzed sports law, physical culture policies and annual activities reports to develop understanding on current status of community participation. The research questions were establish in such a way to first measured the status and frequency of participation then to investigate the barriers and eventually identified best practices to develop and promote community sport activities.
Qualitative research method approach was identified as the right research choice and research was conducted accordingly. The questionnaire containing close and open questions was used to collect the opinions of the participants of in the research.
The analysis demonstrated that youth of Mongolia are not actively participating in community sports development activities. The basic problems identified by this research were unfavorable environment, shortage of infrastructure, lack of allied facilities, poor promotional campaigns, poor knowledge campaigns and poor management.
The study identified the following best practices that could be adopted to promote and develop community sport in Ulaanbaatar city: effective and cooperative management, prize money and incentives for participants, incorporating fun as well as competition during activities, ease of access to sports facilities, equipping sports infrastructure with modern technology, training facilities provision, supplying detailed information of the activity, event environment, and increasing the involvement of educational institutions.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Table of Contents
• CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION 1
• 1. Background 1
• 2. Community Sport 4
• 3. The current situation and issues of the Public sport in Ulaanbaatar city 5
• 4. Statement of the problem 6
• 5. Why Ulaanbaatar city Youth 8
• 6. The Research Purposes and Objectives 9
• 7. Research Question 10
• 8. Summary 10
• CHAPTER II: LITERATURE REVIEW 12
• 1. Mongolian Background 12
• 2. Community & Development 21
• 3. Community Development and Sport Development 24
• 4. Youth Engagement & Participation in Community Development 28
• 5. Youth, Sport and Community Development 34
• 6. Contemporary Sport Policy 35
• 7. Models of Community Sports Development Policy 37
• 8. Community Sports Practice 47
• 9. Conceptualizing Community Sports Development 50
• 10. Limitations 52
• CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHOD 53
• 1. Introduction 53
• 2. Strategy of Inquiry. 54
• 3. Suitability of qualitative methodology 55
• 4. Population 57
• 5. Data Management 59
• 6. Research Questionnaire 59
• 7. Limitation 62
• 8. Summary 63
• CHAPTER IV: RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS PHASE-1 64
• 1. Introduction 64
• 2. Mongolian Sports System Analysis 65
• 3. Elite Sports System 65
• 4. Community Sports Development 66
• 5. Analysis of State Policy on Development of Physical Culture and Sport 68
• 6. Ulaanbaatar City Sports Authority 70
• 7. Ulaanbaatar City Physical Activities Promotion Policy 72
• 8. Analysis of Annual Community Sports Development Activities Reports 75
• 1) Analysis of activities report 2012 75
• 2) Analysis of activities report 2011 76
• 3) Analysis of activities report 2010 77
• 9. Sports infrastructure analysis 79
• 10. Technical Human Resource 81
• 11. Challenges & Opportunities 81
• 12. Summary 83
• CHAPTER V: RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS PHASE 2 84
• 1. Introduction 84
• 2. Analysis of Results 85
• 3. Summary 108
• CHAPTER VI: CONCLUSION 109
• 1. Introduction 109
• 2. Findings 109
• 3. Limitations 122
• 4. Further Research Opportunities 122
• 5. Concluding comments 123
• LIST OF REFERENCE 125