Human capital is proposed to represent one of the most important investments for future innovation and societal growth, and the cultural sector has shown to contribute to national identity, quality of life and health for the general population. Sustainable performance development in the performing arts and aesthetic sports is a prerequisite to ensure quality performance, maintenance, and growth in the Norwegian cultural sector. However, alarm bells are ringing as the hazardous trademark of the elite performance culture has been found to be unsustainable and unhealthy. Research has stressed that participation in the educational setting of TIDS, which often comes at the expense of personal development and well-being, are echoing the professional culture. Hence, there is need for an educational turn. The TIDS in Norway are popular and has a wide range of participants as they are set both in the formal educational system (e.g., specialized high schools, public municipal schools, and higher education) and settings outside schools like sport clubs, private leisure activities, and national teams. The impact in a long-term perspective is vital as new students continuously will come and go, while the educational systems remain. Contrary to research-based pedagogical practices often observed in public schools, TIDS are grounded in highly experienced-based, often hierarchical, apprenticeship cultures. As such, students are exposed to professionalized and intensive training practices, which undermine health, well-being, and performance development. Hence, there is need for an educational turn, and therefore, the SUPER project aim to develop an intervention that promotes sustainable performance development.
Primary objective: to develop an intervention that promotes a sustainable performance development
WP 1
- To identify key stressors and health problems that are threats to the fulfillment of a sustainable performance development
- To review prior relevant intervention programs and develop the SUPER intervention protocol by using the MOST phase of prepare and the RE-AIM intervention science framework to ensure a rigorous intervention
WP 2:
- To identify the key biopsychosocial factors associated with a sustainable performance development and investigate their interrelations and changes through different development phases
- To explore, pilot and optimize the intervention components integrating research-based and experience-based knowledge and perspectives to target different stakeholders
WP 3:
- To develop and evaluate in an RCT a high quality and relevant intervention program to promote sustainable performance development in pre-professional performers