An Analysis of the Working Memories of Expert Sport Instructors

Autor/inn/en	McCullick, Bryan; Schempp, Paul; Hsu, Shan-Hui; Jung, Jin Hong; Vickers, Brad; Schuknecht, Greg
Titel	An Analysis of the Working Memories of Expert Sport Instructors
Quelle	In: Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 25 (2006) 2, S.149-165 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0273-5024
Schlagwörter	Skill Analysis; Recall (Psychology); Athletics; Physical Education Teachers; Teacher Characteristics; Knowledge Base for Teaching; Play; Visual Aids; Teacher Effectiveness; Teaching Experience + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Abberufung; Leichtathletik; Physical education; Physical training; Teacher; Teachers; Sportlehrer; Teaching theory; Theory of teaching; Unterrichtstheorie; Spiel; Anschauungsmaterial; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg
Abstract	A distinguishing characteristic of expert teachers appears to be an excellent memory (Berliner, 1986; Tan, 1997). Possessing an excellent memory aids experts in building a substantial knowledge base relative to teaching and learning. Despite its importance, the memory skills of expert teachers have yet to be investigated. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to analyze the working memories of expert sport instructors. Forty-three expert teachers served as subjects for this study. Each teacher was shown a series of slides depicting play and instructional situations in their respective domains. The test required that the subjects view a slide for 5 seconds and then recall as much as they could from the slide. The audio taped responses were transcribed and then analyzed inductively using Huberman and Miles' (1995) four-stage analysis framework to draw themes and commonalities from the data. The findings revealed three themes of experts' working memories: a) voluminous and rich, b) a dominant order, and c) include a thorough skill analysis. There is support for Berliner (1986) and Tan's (1997) contention that experts have excellent memories, arrange their knowledge in a hierarchical manner, and are able to discern the important from the unimportant. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10