The Open Society and coach education: a philosophical agenda for policy reform and future sociological research

摘要: Background: The realisation of the strategic importance high quality coaching to achievement national sport policy objectives is resulting in extensive movements professionalise industry. Interest coach education therefore growing among academics and policy-makers alike. A recent review literature this field, however, reveals a troubling problem situation: formal important for learning but tends be expensive, inflexible overly technical has little real impact on practice. solutions offered by many are, unfortunately, vague often philosophically flawed. This particularly so when descriptive model communities practice (CoP) suggested as prescriptive education. first part paper, therefore, ends with an extended critique use CoP Purpose: To provide clear philosophical argument direction reform education, drawing normative theory ideal conditions growth knowledge. Discussion: Starting that any (or ‘evidence-based’) inherently conservative, second paper offers alternative solution openly normative). It Popperian type Open Society (OS). argued concept OS better number reasons. First, it based logically sound epistemological social Second, simple easy lay people understand. Third, type, target or goal against which progress towards method can measured. In final sense, also agenda future sociological research. Conclusions: makes series practical recommendations reforming its institutions OS. Foremost these are making resources free at point using Web 2.0 technologies democratise educational episodes widen participation programmes all kinds.