{"id":465,"date":"2016-05-22T13:16:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-22T12:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.canterbury.ac.uk\/centre-for-sport-physical-education-and-activity-research\/?p=465"},"modified":"2026-01-27T11:18:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T11:18:45","slug":"coach-education-non-formal-and-informal-learning-uk-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.canterbury.ac.uk\/centre-for-sport-physical-education-and-activity-research\/coach-education-non-formal-and-informal-learning-uk-sport\/","title":{"rendered":"Coach Education: Non-Formal and Informal Learning (UK Sport)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This project involved a documentary review of policy and practice in a range of regulated and non-regulated professions and industries across Europe regarding non-formal and informal learning in coach education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project included a consultation phase with selected national governing bodies, UK Sport, Sport England and English Institute of Sport (EIS) exploring practice and processes across sport accrediting informal and non-formal learning in coach education. The final report includes detailed good practice principles and suggested process for accrediting informal and non-formal learning in both home and international countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Key Findings<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Key enablers to implementing systems within sport coaching included:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Helping learners to understand if they are an appropriate candidate for qualification by informal and formal learning<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The development of an effective mentor workforce<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Providing assessment opportunities relevant to both the learner and coaching environment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Key concerns and challenges included:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ensuring systems are not too onerous for the learner<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Effecting culture change, considering sport coach education to be a learning journey rather than qualification collection exercise<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The delivery of effective and efficient systems within a cost-effective funding model<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong>&nbsp;2015 &#8211; 2016<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Client:<\/strong>&nbsp;UK Sport, Sport England and EIS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-b01adc31-4152-459c-b480-9d015a1bb2ce\" href=\"https:\/\/research.canterbury.ac.uk\/centre-for-sport-physical-education-and-activity-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/06\/Coach-Education-Non-formal-and-informal-learning.pdf\">Coach Education Non-formal and informal learning<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/research.canterbury.ac.uk\/centre-for-sport-physical-education-and-activity-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/06\/Coach-Education-Non-formal-and-informal-learning.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-b01adc31-4152-459c-b480-9d015a1bb2ce\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This project involved a documentary review of policy and practice in a range of regulated and non-regulated professions and industries across Europe regarding non-formal and informal learning in coach education. 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