Teacher-coach role conflict in school-based physical education in USA: a literature review and suggestions for the future

• Authors: Ferman Konukman , Bülent Agbuĝa , Şamil Erdoĝan , Erdal Zorba , Giyasettin Demirhan , Ilker Yilmaz
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Teaching and coaching are two different occupational roles, and teachers who also coach have stressful work environments common to all educational settings, but each occupational role has specific stress and burnout problems. The responsibilities of physical education (PE) teachers and coaches are distinguishable from one another. These different roles and role conflicts may create stress among PE teachers who also coach. The history of physical education shows that there are contextual factors that promote PE teacher-coach role conflict. The aim of this paper is to analyse these contextual factors via using a literature review analysis and to provide suggestions about teacher-coach role conflict for school-based physical education in USA.

Keywords

EN

Physical education; Coaching; Role conflict

• Publisher: Versita
• Journal: Biomedical Human Kinetics
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 2
• Pages: 19-24

Dates

published

1 - 1 - 2010

online

12 - 3 - 2010

Contributors

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Ferman Konukman

• Department of Kinesiology, Sport Studies & Physical Education, The College at Brockport, State University of New York, USA

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Bülent Agbuĝa

• School of Sport Sciences & Technology, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey

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Şamil Erdoĝan

• School of Physical Education and Sport, Turkish Republic of North Cyprus, The American University Girne

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Erdal Zorba

• School of Physical Education and Sport, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey

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Giyasettin Demirhan

• School of Sport Sciences & Technology, Ankara, Turkey, Hacettepe University

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Ilker Yilmaz

• School of Physical Education and Sport, Anadolu University, Eskişehir, Turkey

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10101-010-0005-y