African Educational Research Journal - Vol. 8(1) - Full Length Research Paper - Comparison of the Attitudes Towards Learning with the Participation Motivation Level in e-sports Players

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Electronic sports (e-sports) has grown rapidly in popularity, especially among young people, motivating research on players’ learning attitudes and motivation. This study evaluated licensed e-sports athletes’ attitudes towards learning using multiple variables and compared differences between motivation and learning-related outcomes. The sample included 186 female and 271 male players. Measures used were the “e-sports Participation Motivation Scale” and the “Attitude Scale Regarding Learning,” revealing semantic differences and a positive relationship between learning attitudes and participation motivation levels.

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Introduction

E-sports background and definitions

E-sports skill requirements and competition structure

Classification of e-sports types

African Educational Research Journal Vol. 8(1), pp. 83-89, March 2020 DOI: 10. 30918/AERJ.81.20.009 ISSN: 2354-2160 Full Length Research Paper Comparison of the attitudes towards learning with the participation motivation level in e-sports players Esra Bayrak Ayaş Department of Physical Education and Sports Teaching, Physical Education and Sports High School, Adıyaman University, Adıyaman, Turkey. Accepted 4 March, 2020 | ABSTRACT
In our age, developments in modern technology are so fast that even following up is very difficult. These developments affect every field of daily life as well as affecting the sports field, resulting in new progress in this field. Electronic sports, which is abbreviated as e-sports, is one of these developments. E-sports has also recently developed rapidly and has gained popularity especially among young people. This rapid rise and increasing popularity required research on e-sports. From the view of this aspect, in this work, the motivation of the athletes engaged in the e-sports branch as licensed to participate in e-sport and their attitudes towards learning was evaluated in terms of various variables and it was aimed to compare the differences between the two situations. 186 female and 271 male e-sports players voluntarily participated in the study. In the research, “the e-sports Participation Motivation Scale” and “Attitude Scale Regarding Learning” were used. Semantic differences were found in the e-sports participation motivation scale and learning attitude scales of the e-sports players participating in the study. Besides, it has been observed that there is a positive relationship between e-sports players’ attitudes towards learning and e-sports participation motivation levels.
Keywords: E-sports players, motivation, attitude towards learning. | | --- | | E-mail: [ebayrak@adiyaman.edu.tr](ebayrak@adiyaman.edu.tr) ; [esrabayrak86@gmail.com](esrabayrak86@gmail.com). | INTRODUCTION With the rapid progress of industrialization policy, the information age and urbanization are also progressing. This progress has brought different features in the culture of social life and social structure day by day (Yetim , 2000) . All social and economic changes in the mentioned modern age can be seen in sports organizations and organizations (Balcı , 2003) . Although sports, which are increasingly accepted as a service sector in society everyday, also have protective and developing qualities of individual and community health. The sports sector has made improvements both in the production of services and goods and in their use. As a result of this situation, both business and sports management have become among the research subjects of scientists with their consumption dimensions (Can and Soyer, 2000) . The sports industry is the name given to the market that includes the concepts of fitness, sports, leisure activities and recreation of consumers, and also offers people, services, products, places and thoughts about these concepts (Devecioğlu, 2004) . The modern market economy should gradually determine the commodity laws, production-consumption, supply-demand principles, to determine the principles of sports on the one hand and to pave the way for sports (Talimciler, 2002) . It is seen that the relationship of the sports industry with the production and consumption units of the sports fields appeals to large areas. As in other sectors, data is the most important source in the sports sector. The bandwidth must be high and available to meet the demands of more than one person at the same time to protect, store and even access the data (Murathan, 2017) . Electronic sports (e-sports) , which has a unique audience and has managed to connect millions of spectators to its ecosystem, is shown as a sport that will mark the coming years. Electronic sports can also be described as the last point where video games and technology meet. E-sports is a new generation sports activity that includ

FAQs

What was the main aim of the study?

To evaluate licensed e-sports athletes’ attitudes towards learning and compare them in terms of various variables with their participation motivation levels.

How many e-sports players participated, and what were their genders?

A total of 457 players participated voluntarily: 186 female and 271 male.

Which scales were used to measure motivation and learning attitudes?

The study used the “e-sports Participation Motivation Scale” and the “Attitude Scale Regarding Learning.”

What relationship did the study find between learning attitudes and motivation?

A positive relationship was observed between players’ attitudes towards learning and their e-sports participation motivation levels.

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