Course Description
Knowledge and skills to systematically describe, analyze, and evaluate coaches in a reliable and valid manner. Analytic techniques and procedures for analyzing coaches behavior, cognition, and history.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate students will be required to complete a Research
Synthesis assignment in addition to the other assignments in the
course. Each graduate student will select three separate
research studies all using the same system of teacher or coach
observation. The assignment will then require that the graduate
student compare and contrast the research questions, methods,
findings, conclusions.
Athena Title
Analyzing Sport Pedagogy
Non-Traditional Format
This course will be taught 95% or more online.
Semester Course Offered
Not offered on a regular basis.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
The student who successfully completes this course will be able to: 1. explain the history and development of instrumentation for validly and reliably analyzing coaching and teaching behavior in sport. 2. reliably use two recognized, empirically validated instruments for analyzing sport pedagogy: CAFIAS and ALT-PE. 3. use a variety of qualitative techniques for analyzing coaching behavior, cognition and history. 4. craft an empirically valid report of coaching with specific recommendations for improvement.
Topical Outline
Module Topic 1 Variables of Measure in Coaching Behavior 2 Principles of Effective Coaching 3 Analyzing Coaching Behavior: Techniques of Observation 4 Developing a Valid and Reliable System of Observation 5 FIAS/CAFIAS (history, categories) 6 CAFIAS (categories, protocol, demonstration) 7 CAFIAS (practice, establishing reliability) 8 CAFIAS (data analysis) 9 CAFIAS (data interpretation) 10 ALT-PE (history, categories, protocol) 11 ALT-PE (data analysis) 12 ALT-PE (data interpretation) 13 ALT-PE (establishing reliability) 14 Qualitative Analysis: Traditions 15 Qualitative Analysis: Participant and Nonparticipant Observations 16 Qualitative Analysis: Interviewing 17 Qualitative Analysis: Case study and life histories 18 Qualitative Analysis: Journals/diaries, critical incident reports artifact analysis 19 Cognitive Analysis: Stimulated recall, think aloud 20 Cognitive Analysis: Knowledge Acquisition (Shavelson, et al.) 21 Qualitative Analysis: Data analysis 22 Writing Up Qualitative Research Into a Report