The Constraints Collective #56 Ways of Knowing in Coach Development
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Aug 16, 2025 Explore innovative ideas in coach development, focusing on multiple 'ways of knowing' through James Gibson's perceptual lens. Delve into the challenges of constructive alignment and assessment in coaching education. Engage in a lively debate about measuring coaching success, balancing athlete outcomes with instructional intentions. Discover practical tools for coach development, like reflection audits and manipulating constraints to enhance learning. It's a rich discussion for those passionate about coaching and education!
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Ways Of Knowing Shift The Focus
- The paper reframes Gibson's knowledge types as 'ways of knowing' to emphasise learner-centred perception-action learning.
- It warns coach education often overemphasises secondhand knowledge-about rather than embodied knowledge-of.
Align Assessment With Authentic Coaching
- Design learning outcomes, activities and assessments to align with authentic coaching behaviours, not just measurable content.
- Avoid letting administratively convenient assessments (knowledge-about) drive coaching education design.
Development Vs Learning Reoriented
- Motor development research historically emphasised milestones and assessment rather than theoretical principles of learning.
- Newer work links development and learning via principles (perception-action) rather than static milestones.
