ERIC Number: ED673286
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Feb-27
Pages: 232
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ISBN: 978-1-03-257489-9
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Sports Coaching Education and Alternative Pedagogies: Approaches in Higher Education. Routledge Research in Sports Coaching
Laura Purdy, Editor; Natalie Barker-Ruchti, Editor
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
"Sports Coaching Education: Applying Innovative Pedagogies" theorises alternative pedagogies and presents examples of what such teaching looks like in sports coaching higher education. To do this, this new volume outlines the teaching goals of higher education coach education, summarises the limitations of this education that research has demonstrated, and presents alternative pedagogy as a way forward. The book then turns to showcasing work by an international selection of authors practicing alternative pedagogies that focus on a range of topical issues relevant to sports coaching such as; ethics; power; safeguarding/abuse; sustainability gender/sexuality; race/ethnicity; pain/injury, the authors of each of the international chapters outline the alternative pedagogical approach they employ in their teaching and present exemplary teaching materials that can be used by educators. Alternative or non-traditional pedagogies are strategies of delivery that are becoming more popular in undergraduate and postgraduate coach education, Sports Coaching Education: Applying Innovative Pedagogies raises attention to contemporary issues in sports coaching and alternative pedagogies of delivery for university coach education students. Using alternative pedagogies, the book presents coach education teaching materials on a range of topical issues that higher education scholars can implement in their teaching and will be key reading for academics, researchers and students in the areas of sport coaching, sport education and the related disciplines.
Descriptors: Athletics, Physical Education, Athletic Coaches, Coaching (Performance), Higher Education, Nontraditional Education, Educational Practices, Instructional Materials
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Publication Type: Books; Collected Works - General
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: Students; Researchers
Language: English
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