Coach education day at the prestigious Loughborough University

Last Updated: Sunday, Sep 6, 2009, 10:09

The ISSA ran a Street Soccer introduction course at Loughborough University with potential sports teachers all currently undertaking their PGCE course.
Nick Bromell PGCE PE Tutor said

“Street Soccer and Initial Teacher Training”

During our PGCE course we strive to encourage trainee PE teachers to reflect on their experience in order to inform their own practice.  We obviously want them to develop their teaching competencies whilst at the same time developing their capacity to adopt innovative practice.

Street Soccer provides a very good example of how a different and innovative approach can help trainees to develop their ability to meet a wider range of students’ needs and adopt a wider range of teaching styles.  With this activity, questioning becomes the focal skill in order to foster critical thinking, creativity and self- development.  Indeed many of the Personal Learning and Thinking Skills within the revised curriculum are incorporated within the philosophy underpinning Street Soccer.

Trainees who engaged in the programme felt the course to be ‘highly motivating’ as it enabled them to ‘exchange ideas and view difficult situations
in an innovative light’.  Trainees appreciated the challenges the course presented and enjoyed taking risks in order to develop their appreciation of creative learning.  Street Soccer ensures the learning environment is viewed differently and learners are placed at the centre of the learning process.
For more info on the Introduction Course please click here