Discourse Analysis on School Sports Club Operation Using Topic Modeling

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the knowledge system generated from prior research on school sports teams. Based on this, the study's significance lies in deriving implications for future research and policy development. Methods: To this end, Discourse formed among research papers related to the operation of school sports clubs among academic journals listed in KCI from 2000 to 2024 was analyzed. The collected papers were analyzed using the topic modeling (LDA) technique using NetMiner software. Results: The four academic discourses derived through topic modeling among text mining analysis methods are as follows. First, the discourse on balanced growth of student athletes was identified as the most important discourse. Second, the discourse on leaders was identified as the key subject of student athlete growth. Third, the discourse on the difficulties of supervising teachers' performance experience was found to continue to expand over time. Fourth, the discourse on the educational management of school sports clubs was identified as a major discourse along with the discourse on the balanced growth of student athletes. Conclusion: Based on the above research results and discussions, policy implications for the operation of school sports clubs were proposed, such as establishing an integrated support system for the holistic growth of student athletes and establishing an educational identity for school sports club leaders.