Coach learning to help teachers learn to enact conceptually rich, student-focused mathematics lessons

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Kay Stein ◽  
Jennifer Lin Russell ◽  
Victoria Bill ◽  
Richard Correnti ◽  
Laurie Speranzo
Keyword(s):  
Coach Learning

A Competency-Based Approach to Coach Learning

2019 ◽  
pp. 154-165
Author(s):  
Simon Walters ◽  
Andy Rogers ◽  
Anthony R.H. Oldham
Keyword(s):  
Coach Learning ◽  
Competency Based

Mapping Canadian Wheelchair Curling Coaches’ Development: A Landscape Metaphor for a Systems Approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiago Duarte ◽  
Diane M. Culver ◽  
Kyle Paquette
Keyword(s):  
Systems Approach ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Semistructured Interview ◽  
Sport Organizations ◽  
Learning Potential ◽  
Learning Capability ◽  
Coach Learning ◽  
Learning Barriers ◽  
Interview Guide

This study addresses the preintervention phase of a larger project aimed at enhancing the learning capability of the Canadian wheelchair curling coaches’ landscape. To understand the learning leverage features and learning barriers of this landscape, a mapping exercise was conducted. The authors interviewed 16 people, using a semistructured interview guide. The thematic analysis and a landscape metaphor resulted in a map illustrating the main features of the landscape and where the learning potential might be. The findings of this study suggest that geographical isolation, the high costs associated with coach training, and the low number of athletes are all barriers to coaches’ learning. Therefore, with the information gleaned from this phase, an intervention for these coaches should be designed to prioritize meaningful learning opportunities, incorporate influential people noted by coaches, and leverage opportunities at training camps and competitions to mitigate the barriers identified. The landscape view allows for a systems approach that considers the potential of involving the different levels of the sport system to best serve the learning needs of coaches. Rather than focus on individual coach learning, research is needed to better understand how the landscape approach can build learning capability within sport organizations.

Creating Value in a Sport Coach Community of Practice: A Collaborative Inquiry

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachael Bertram ◽  
Diane M. Culver ◽  
Wade Gilbert
Keyword(s):  
Community Of Practice ◽  
Value Creation ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Learning And Development ◽  
Coach Education ◽  
Coach Learning ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Continued Learning ◽  
Ongoing Support ◽  
Sport Coaches

Coach education researchers have suggested that coaches require ongoing support for their continued learning and development after initial certification. Communities of practice have been used in a variety of settings, and have been identified as an effective means for supporting coach learning and development. However, researchers have yet to fully explore the value that can be created through participating in them within sport settings. The purpose of this study was to collaboratively design, implement, and assess the value created within a coach community of practice, using Wenger, Trayner, and De Laat’s (2011) Value Creation Framework. Participants included five youth sport coaches from a soccer organization. Data collection included observations and reflections from the first author throughout the study, two individual interviews with each coach, and interactions via an online discussion platform. The findings revealed that the coaches created value within each of the five cycles of value creation in Wenger and colleagues’ framework, and that they created value that was personally relevant to their immediate coaching needs. The coaches’ learning led to an increase in perceived coaching abilities.

Impact of a Large-Scale Coach Education Program from a Lifelong-Learning Perspective

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana Deek ◽  
Penny Werthner ◽  
Kyle J. Paquette ◽  
Diane Culver
Keyword(s):  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Coach Education ◽  
Coach Learning ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Coaching Certification ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Depth Interviews

This study examines the impact of a coach education program on coach learning and perceived changes to coaching practices, while situating this episodic learning experience within a lifelong-learning perspective. Three sets of in-depth interviews were conducted with 10 coaches taking part in one of three competition-development modules within Canada’s National Coaching Certification Program (Coaching and Leading Effectively, Managing Conflict, and Psychology of Performance). It was found that (a) the coaches’ biographies varied widely, (b) all of the coaches reported learning from the modules, (c) eight of ten coaches reported a change in their coaching practices as a result of participation in one of the modules, and (d) the coaches credited a combination of mediated, unmediated, and internal learning situations for their learning before and after the modules. These findings suggest that a large-scale coach education program can have an impact on coaches when the program takes a lifelong-learning perspective and integrates constructivist principles into its design and delivery.

scholarly journals “Who’s Who?”: Identifying Cycling Coaches’ Biographies

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Samuel Wood ◽  
David Richardson ◽  
Simon Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Coach Education ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Coach Learning ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Perceived Relevance ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Educational Course

Consideration of a learners’ biography is deemed to impact on their engagement with formal education and their connection with, and perceived relevance of, educational course content. It is considered equally important to understand coaches who enrol on formal coach learning in sport—their motivations, beliefs, values, existing knowledge, and previous life experiences. This research explored the individual biographies of eight neophyte cycling coaches over an 18-month period following the successful completion of a national governing body coach award. Following 23 formal semistructured interviews and 26 unstructured interviews, deductive thematic narrative analysis revealed three different typologies of coach: the “performance coach”; the “parent-coach”; and the “community coach.” Although the subjective details of the life stories varied according to their idiosyncratic perspective, all participants’ stories broadly followed one of these three identifiable narratives. Identifying different “typologies” of cycling coaches’ answers calls from coach developers to account for the specific backgrounds of coaches’ practices. It is hoped this research will begin the process of developing more personalised approaches to coach education.

“I thought I was prepared to do this”: an exploration of the learning and development of leadership coaches

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristin Shawn Huggins ◽  
Hans W. Klar ◽  
Parker M. Andreoli
Keyword(s):  
School Improvement ◽  
Learning Community ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
School Leaders ◽  
Learning And Development ◽  
Developmental Needs ◽  
Qualitative Design ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Coach Learning ◽  
Coaching Skills

PurposeThe purpose of this paper was to determine what experienced school leaders learned through participating in a three-year leadership initiative, called the Leadership Learning Community (LLC), that helped them coach less experienced leaders to lead school improvement efforts.Design/methodology/approachData were collected and analyzed using a qualitative design throughout the three-year initiative.FindingsThe findings indicate the LLC leadership coaches learned to accept and navigate the leaders' developmental and contextual needs, practiced and honed their coaching skills and recognized their own developmental needs.Originality/valueThese findings address the paucity of research on leadership coach learning and development.

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