The overall Session Long Project (SLP) for MAE570 requires students to begin building a portfolio of resources that may be used in the field of coaching, team administration, and/or sports leadership. A portfolio is a compilation of written materials that reflect an individual’s personal and professional philosophy, while describing knowledge and information related to a specific field of study.

Students will begin development of their portfolio by completing the following sections throughout the session, with one section due each module:

Section 1: Relationship among Educational Psychology, Sports Psychology and Positive Psychology in Sports and Sports Leadership

Section 2: Application of Teaching and Learning Theory to Coaching

Section 3: Role of Constructivism in Learning Sports

Section 4: Self-Assessment and Personal Philosophy

SLP 3

SECTION 3: Role of Constructivism in Learning Sports

In the previous module you began to develop your personal philosophy of coaching. This included examining how students learn, and how various learning theories influence your teaching and coaching strategies. You also have reflected upon what it means to be a coach, the performance outcomes you expect from your athletes, and why.

Building on your work from the previous module, prepare a written essay in which you respond to the following items for your Module 3 SLP assignment:

• As a teacher and mentor to your athletes, do you consider yourself to be a constructivist? Explain why you feel the way you do.
• Where do your teaching practices “fit” along the constructivist spectrum spanning from radical to conservative?
• What role does constructivism play in learning sports?
• As a coach, will you implement constructivist-based teaching and learning strategies? Why or why not?