Professional Coach Education

Code:

PDCD045

Acronym:

CDDTFP

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Sports Sciences

Instance: 2023/2024 - SP

Active?	Yes
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	7	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 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.

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.

Mandatory literature

Jones, R.L., Potrac, P., Cushion, C. & Ronglan, L.T.; A sociological analysis of sports coaching, Routledge, 2011
Jones Robyn L. 340; An^introduction to sports coaching. ISBN: 978-0-415-69491-9
Jones, R.L.; 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, J Sports Sci and Med, 2011 (http://www.jssm.org, 10, 193-202)
Santos, S.; Mesquita, I.; Graça, A.; Rosado, A.; What coaches value about coaching knowledge: a comparative study across a range of domains, Int J of Ap Sport Sciences, 2010 (22 (2), 96-112)
Mesquita, I.; Isidro, I,; Rosado, A.; Portuguese coaches’ perceptions of and preferences for knowledge sources related to their professional background, J Sports Sci and Med, 2010 (9, 480-489)

Teaching methods and learning activities

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

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Trabalho escrito	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	30,00
Frequência das aulas	15,00
Total:	45,00

Eligibility for exams

Presence in at least 75% of the lessons.

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.

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