Classroom teaching and athletic coaching: Connecting social positions through interrole symbiosis. Issue 1 (2nd January 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Brown, Alan; Wilson, Elizabeth K.
• Is Part Of: Journal for the study of sports & athletes in education. Volume 15:Issue 1(2021)
• Page Start: 1
• Page End: 26
• Publication Date: 2021-01-02
• Subjects: First-year teacher -- athletic coaching -- socialization -- teacher education -- school induction; Athletes -- Education (Higher) -- Periodicals; College sports -- United States -- Periodicals; College athletes -- Education -- Periodicals; Sports -- Periodicals; 796.04305
• DOI: 10.1080/19357397.2020.1840239
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1935-7397

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study is to examine a first-year educator's socialization into the roles of classroom teaching and athletic coaching. This case study explores the significance of a middle school social studies teacher's previous life experiences on her orientation toward teaching and coaching and the impact of her socialization – including teacher education, coaching education, and school induction – on her emerging teacher identity. Findings add to the existing research on interrole conflict among teacher-coaches while establishing a revised framework for interrole symbiosis, a concept that allows for the addition of interrole complementarity between the social positions of classroom teaching and athletic coaching in K-12 schools.