The learning formats of coach education materials

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This paper reports on an investigation into the design of coach education materials. At a time of significant change in coach education in the UK, it was appropriate to examine the extent to which coach education materials conform to good practice in terms of adult learning design principles and the formatting of the content. Coach education materials from Levels 1-3 of coaching awards in 5 sports were content analysed. These data were accompanied by opinions from 60 coaches and tutors, a focus group, and number of interviews. In the absence of a substantial literature on this aspect of coach education, a framework of analysis criteria was derived from the adult learning literature and prescriptions of good practice from those who had substantial experience in materials design. The framework elements (each with sub-groups of 5 to 18 items) were progression, feedback, interactivity, reflection, operation, contextualisation, summarising, attractiveness, layout & structure, and accessibility. The coach education materials were mixed in quality, and the analyses were usefully focused on two issues - presentational formatting and learning principles design (structural formatting). Overall, interactivity, reflection and feedback in the learning materials were less positive than might have been expected. The project was able to provide a valuable set of operational criteria for guiding the future production of learning materials in coach education.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Abstract
• Introduction
• Review of literature
• Constructing an analytical framework
• Analysis of sport specific coach education learning materials
• Survey and analysis of coaches’ and tutors’ opinions
• Discussion
• References