ERIC Number: EJ1238781
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
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Signature Pedagogies in Athletic Therapy Education
King, Colin D.; MacKinnon, Gregory
Athletic Training Education Journal, v14 n4 p293-304 Oct-Dec 2019
Context: Developing an understanding of the signature pedagogies in athletic therapy education may help to promote greater pedagogical development opportunities and encourage meaningful reflection for educators. Objective: To gain an understanding of the perceived level of pedagogical knowledge in Canadian athletic therapy educators and how they developed such knowledge. Design: Sequential explanatory mixed-methods. Setting: Seven undergraduate Canadian Athletic Therapists Association--accredited institutions Patients or Other Participants: Twenty-one athletic therapy educators (16 women, 5 men) responded to the initial questionnaire; 15 athletic therapy educators (11 women, 4 men) participated in individual phone interviews. Main Outcome Measure(s): An initial questionnaire was designed to explore general pedagogical knowledge in athletic therapy educators and how familiar participants were with different teaching strategies. Emergent trends from these questionnaires were used to design a specific interview schedule. Phone interviews further explored the institutional, personal, student, and cultural factors that affected the selection of different pedagogical approaches. Findings from the questionnaires and interviews were combined to identify participants' pedagogical approaches to teaching in an athletic therapy setting. Results: A pedagogical distinction was observed, dividing the sample into 2 groups. One group used a traditional, passive lecturing format, and the other, more innovative pedagogies. Educators who followed traditional teaching practices were less likely to know about different pedagogies or understand how these strategies could contribute to more effective instruction. The other group of educators appreciated the use of different pedagogies and explained how different teaching strategies could be incorporated to enhance learning in the athletic therapy curriculum. Conclusions: On the basis of these findings, Canadian athletic therapy educators would benefit from more formalized pedagogical training and/or development. These formalized opportunities could familiarize educators with innovative pedagogical strategies while also preparing them with the necessary skills required to self-evaluate their own teaching approaches.
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Knowledge Level, College Faculty, Therapy, Foreign Countries, Athletics, Conventional Instruction, Educational Innovation, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Attitudes, Self Efficacy
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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