Comparison of the Use of Information Technologies in Non-Formal Education and Informal Learning of Handball Coaches in the Czech Republic and Slovenia
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| Year of publication | 2016 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Kinantropology |
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| Field | Pedagogy and education |
| Keywords | infromation and communication technolgy; coaches; hadball; non-formal education; informal learning |
| Description | The research was focused on the issues of use of information technologies in non-formal education and informal learning of handball coaches. Information technologies play an increasingly important role in the graduation of the coaching career. The aim of this empirical research was to analyze the specific forms and methods of the using of information technologies (video channels, social networks, electronic databases, web sites, computer programmes, smart phones, etc.) in nonformal education and informal learning of handball coaches. The research combines quantitative and qualitative research methods. The questionnaire survey was made on handball coaches in the Czech Republic and Slovenia, and in both countries were selected 5 coaches for interviews. In this paper are presented data from the surveys, little commented by knowledge gained from interviews. In the research sample from the Czech Republic was higher proportion of women then in the research sample in Slovenia, the average age did not different significantly, Slovenian coaches have on average a longer coaching experience and higher education. Slovenian coaches work more with e-learning, video-conferencing and webinars, seeking information more on foreign web sites, on sites EHF and IHF. Czech coaches on the contrary, use in coaching practice materials from the site of their national handball federation more than Slovenian. Paid sources use both groups equally. Enough domestic resources on CDs and DVDs coaches assess better in Slovenia, on the contrary, foreign sources Czech coaches. With foreign-language materials on CDs and DVDs work more Slovenian coaches then the Czech ones in English and in Serbo-Croatian and Spanish. In the other way Czechs use CDs and DVDs in German, Polish and Slovak increasingly. Slovenian coaches in all surveyed parts of coaches’ activities use more tablets and mobile phones than Czech coaches. Data from surveys show that most coaches uses information technology for their coaching, training and related activities ordinary. When comparing the surveyed nations Slovenian coaches are in the using of ICT more advanced then coaches in the Czech Republic. |
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