La pedagogia dell’allenamento sportivo tra epistemologia e lifelong learning

Abstract

The main goal of this study is to sketch for the first time, within both the framework of Italian research on education and the so-called pedagogy of sport, a new research discipline in the study of sport as an educative practice. This new research field will be called “pedagogy of sport coaching”.
In this study, we identify the scientific field in which the pedagogy of sport coaching should be placed (as a science of both education and sport) by highlighting its main topics and functions. To conclude, we highlight the lines of theoretical and methodological development of this particular type of pedagogy. Our main goal is not just to spread this new discipline across the diverse research fields in the pedagogy applied to sport. Rather, we also attempt to turn this new research field into a basic knowledge of sport coaches’ and educators’ lifelong learning.