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EDPE441 Advanced Sports Coaching

Updated: 11 October 2011
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Trimester 2 Off Campus
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites candidature in BGenStuds/BTeach or BEd prior to 2010 or or BSportSc or MEd prior to 2010 or MEd(Hons) prior to 2011 or BEd(Prim) prior to 2010 or GradCertEdStud prior to 2010 or BSportStud
Co-requisites None
Restrictions None
Notes None
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Annette Freak (afreak@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit begins with completion of a sports coaching accreditation. Once accredited, the students engage in a professional experience designed specifically to apply their learning. Through the processes of formal accreditation and professional experience, the students will gain documentary evidence of both professional competence to coach sport and successful coaching practice.
Materials Text information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment Assessment information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. apply general coaching principles to sport-specific contexts;
  2. provide evidence of successful sports coaching practice;
  3. critique the coaching practice of self and others; and
  4. provide evidence of formal qualificatons to coach sport.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
Pedagogical content knowledge is embedded in both theoretical and practical aspects of assessment tasks. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
Specific communication skills form part of the readings and assessment of the Intermediate Coaching General Principles course. The field based component of Assignment Two requires students to apply a range of communication strategies to organise, deliver and evaluate sports coaching sessions. The prescribed text includes specific information related to the following communication skills: giving clear instructions, checking for understanding, non-verbal cues, giving feedback, listening skills, questioning skills, negotiation and others. Communication challenges encountered during professional experiences of sports coaching are raised and discussed via the blackboard discussions of the LMS site and where appropriate practiced in the field (i.e. professional experience of Sports Coaching). The attribute is practiced in two settings. Firstly, via the discussion boards of the LMS as authentic problem solving scenarios. Secondly, when coaching sport with an athlete or sports team in partial fulfillment of a unit requirement. 		True True True
6 Problem Solving
Professional experience component affords opportunity to experience problems of the profession first hand and resolve them collaboratively using tools available via a Learning Management System and is assessed through the Journal of Coaching Experience. 		True True True
8 Team Work
Pathways of learning in the unit encourage sports coaching approaches utilizing teams of coaches including mentoring. Online discussion boards are used to build and support communities of practice that work together to resolve authentic challenges sports coaching. This is assessed through activities included in the Coaching Principles Worksheet and the Journal of Coaching Experience. 		True True True
   

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