PES 5080 - Coaching: Building Character and Sportsmanship
Course Description
This course focuses on the important areas of character development, moral reasoning, and ethical issues typically found in sport. The course activities include interactions with other successful coaches, interviews, readings, and personal reflection. There are practical experiences designed specifically for your student athletes. This course provides practical experiences for the coach and athlete to think more deeply about moral character, ethical issues, and dilemmas encountered in our competitive world.
Learner Outcomes
By the end of the course, the learner will be able to:
- Analyze the potential role of sport within the greater social context as these elements relate to the formation of moral character for the participant.
- Identify and analyze crucial factors involving the elements of character formation and sportsmanship as they relate to the implementation of practical strategies for character development.
- Identify and analyze the relationship between performance and character & sportsmanship relative to the possibilities of enhanced athletic success for both the participant and the team.
- Identify and analyze the topic of moral reasoning, character formation and sportsmanship as discussed from the positions of desire for group success, group motive, and group performance. These will be investigated both in theory and through practical interaction and observations within a real athletic context.
- Develop an understanding that utilizes sound character formation principles as useful vehicles not only for the purpose of improving athletic performances but also both general and sport-specific participant behavior.
Testimonials
'This was one of the best university classes I have ever taken. Coaching for character…wow! As I proceeded through the course, I realized my PE/health teaching career was in need of a large and substantial tweak! I had forgotten one of the most important parts of life: developing character! This course gave me practical ways to immediately implement and incorporate character development into my daily class times. Best of all, my students are loving it and being daily challenged and transformed from the inside out. Doesn’t get much better than that! Thank you!' Paragon Student– California
'I enjoyed the real life application of the course content. I thought I was actually reading about situations in my coaching career.' Paragon Student- Ohio
'The readings for this course and previous courses offered by Prof. Janzen helped me build stronger relationships with seniors that were on the fence and ultimately led us to the championship game! Thank you.' Paragon Student– New York