Professional Coach Education

Code:

PDCD045

Acronym:

CDDTFP

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Sports Sciences

Instance: 2013/2014 - SP

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	https://sigarra.up.pt/fadeup/pt/ucurr_geral.ficha_uc_view?pv_ocorrencia_id=339693
Course/CS Responsible:	Sport Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
PDCD	2	Plano em vigor a partir de 2009	1	-	5	45	135

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

To recognize and analyze different curricular approaches in Sports Coaching and Coach Education based on a critical and theoretically grounded.

To think about research themes in Sports Coaching and Coach Education and ways to develop them through the state of the art in the scientific area.

Learning outcomes and competences

The students are able to identify the differentiated axioms of the behaviourist and constructivist approaches in sport coaching and coach education.

The students are able to understand and demonstrate concrete examples of formal and informal learning

The students are able to construct research themes centred in the implementation and evaluation of the teaching learning process in a situated learning perspective.

Working method

Presencial

Program

 

• From behaviorist approaches to constructivist approaches in sport coaching and coach education.

 

• Learning sources: from formal learning to informal learning.

 

• Research in coach education: from description to implementation and evaluation of teaching-learning process. Contribution of the social constructivism and situated learning.

Teaching contents encompass current lines and themes of research, some revisited and some innovative, within the scope of Sports Coaching and Coach Education, aiming to capacitate the students with conceptual tools that assist them in understanding and formulating new research problems in this theme.

Mandatory literature

Jones, R.L., Potrac, P., Cushion, C. & Ronglan, L.T; A sociological analysis of sports coaching, 2011
Jones, R.L., Hughes, M., & Kingston, K. ; An introduction to sports coaching: From science and theory to practice, 2008
Jones, R.L. ; The sports coach as educator: Re-conceptualising sports coaching, 2006
Mesquita, I.; Borges, M.; Rosado, A. ; Handball coaches’ perceptions about the value of working competences according to their coaching background, 2011
Santos, S.; Mesquita, I.; Graça, A.; Rosado, A. ; hat coaches value about coaching knowledge: a comparative study across a range of domains, 2010
Mesquita, I.; Isidro, I,; Rosado, A.; Portuguese coaches’ perceptions of and preferences for knowledge sources related to their professional background, 2010

Teaching methods and learning activities

Expositive lectures and theme discussions, including presentation of works based on analysis of scientific works.

The teaching methodologies developed, particularly related to expository methods, allow students to learn the necessary knowledge to explore afterwards extensively in the work to be done as well as its presentation, discussion and reflection. The various methodologies applied can thus continuously establish the connection between the acquisition of declarative knowledge, where students learn the main concepts considered, and procedural knowledge through students are guided to apply this in the concrete situations to solve scientific problems. The reflection is achieved throughout the all process, since in the classes which uses the expository method is always considered some space for students’ reflections.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	0,00
Prova oral	50,00
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Total:	100,00

Calculation formula of final grade

Presence in at least 75% of the lessons. Presenting and discussing a work based on analysis of three scientific works related with teaching sports.