The student as ‘Sport Development Practitioner’ Is there such a thing? Kevin Harris Henry Dorling Senior Lecturer Senior Lecturer.

The student as ‘Sport Development Practitioner’ Is there such a thing?

Kevin Harris Henry DorlingSenior Lecturer Senior Lecturer

Objectives

To highlight the context and issues with student employability in Sport for Social Change / Coaching

To explain how we are distinguishing the Solent student from the rest through their involvement in the Coaching Innovation Programme

To explain how we are producing research in connection with this

Whilst this is sport focused, it is transferable to other disciplines

ContextSport Coaching and Development a growing area across academia

•At SSU : BA Hons Sport Coaching and Development degree

•Increasing participation (Olympic legacy)

•Improving coaching

•Sport for social change

•Social coaching

•Behaviour change

continuedHowever, despite these courses:

Many do not provide students with the appropriate skills or expertise for industry

Limited innovative developments in the curriculum limited to the classroom

Are students getting value for money?

Is the community benefiting from this student resource?

Developing the right skills for the social world

Embedded in the curriculumProviding students as producers Real world experience

Case study

The Coaching Innovation Programme - Southampton Solent University

• Students to research, develop and deliver their very own Coaching Innovation Project (CIP) in partnership with SDP’s. Growing contribution of H.E (curriculum based)

• Projects developed and delivered over 2 years + with SDP’s

Some examples of CIP’s.. In development….

CIP’s in delivery

In essence

Students producing and delivering their own sport for social change programme in partnership with industry practitioners

Students making an impact on the community

Students monitoring and evaluating their own CIP’s

Gaining valuable skills as industry practitioners

Increased employability skills

http://youtu.be/La1vUuMNoMU

Adding the value of research

Monitoring and Evaluation Framework

EduMove Delivery Mechanisms

M and E Framework

Student Focused Research Outline

• Collaborators in producing a framework

• Testing framework in real world practice

• Evaluating real world projects with industry practitioners

EduMove Delivery Mechanisms

Student Focused Research Outline

• Facilitating Student as delivery agent with a range of experiences with vested interests

• Qualitative investigation of processes and mechanisms

• Importance of perceived relationship building

Conclusion

The Coaching Innovation Programme and EduMove are excellent case studies for developing the right skills for students and developing their engagement with producers in the real world we live in

Research element enables us to:-Address any industry wide issues and test an approach on student and industry practitioners

-Then explore the effects on the development of the student and industry practitioners in terms of professional practice

OVERALL WE ARGUE THAT NO LONGER ARE STUDENTS SUPPORT LAYERS TO INDUSTRY.

THEY ARE INDUSTRY

Contact

Kevin Harris – [email protected] Dorling – [email protected]

Twitter - @SSUSpCoachDevYou Tube – ssusportdev2012blog: www.solentsportsdegrees.blogspot.co.uk