Journal article
Athlete and coach-led abuse education that teaches about non-sexualised types of abuse: an overview of an education theory and design considerations
Sport, Education and Society, Vol.in-press
04/05/2022
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Abstract
Research shows that athletes across levels and sports have been subjected to maltreatment with non-sexualized forms such as psychological abuse and neglect found to be the most common. With the normalization of many of these forms of abuse occurring in sports, researchers have called for the ‘safeguarding’ of athletes to focus on prevention through evidence-based education. Yet evidence-based abuse education remains limited in research literature. Further, a critical examination of educational theory, design considerations and the implications of such applications when applied to learning contexts (i.e., abuse education programs) in sport remains scarce. This paper is the first in a series, generated from a project where we designed, implemented, and evaluated an online athlete-and coach-led abuse education program that taught children through to adults (coaches, athletes) about non-sexualized abuse and the effects of this maltreatment. As such, this present paper provides a critical overview of the educational theory and design considerations of this abuse education program, namely Ivor Goodson and Scherto Gill’s narrative pedagogy and the use of culturally responsive and culturally relevant content, with challenges and possibilities of these applications outlined. In doing so, we envisage that this article will serve to advance understanding of the educational theory narrative pedagogy as well as other design considerations of an abuse education program which achieved successful learning outcomes. In turn, this may assist sporting organizations and child protections agencies worldwide when designing, developing, revising, or implementing their own abuse education programs to teach about abuse.
Details
- Title
- Athlete and coach-led abuse education that teaches about non-sexualised types of abuse: an overview of an education theory and design considerations
- Creators
- Jennifer McMahon - University of TasmaniaMELANIE Lang - Edge Hill UniversityChris Zehntner - Southern Cross UniversityKerry McGannon - Laurentian University
- Publication Details
- Sport, Education and Society, Vol.in-press
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Grant note
- This work was supported by International Olympic Committee, Olympic Studies Centre [5].
- Identifiers
- 991013016298802368
- Copyright
- © 2022 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Education
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article