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Active Learning Design - Case Study (Discussion Board)
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| Provider:
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Dr.
Rahman H. Dyer
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| College: |
College
of Education
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| Title: |
The girls' basketball coach: Meeting everyone's needs
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Thomas
and Edward Gregg, brothers now in their late 50’s, have been
the middle-school girls’ basketball coaches ever since their
daughters were on the team more than 20 years ago. They have done
a good job, and no one has given any thought to the fact that they
were getting older and might not be available to coach much longer.
This past summer Thomas Gregg experienced chest pains. It turned out
not to be serious, but recently he came by your office to tell you
that his doctor had advised him to slow down. He had always enjoyed
coaching and had not thought about retiring from it, but he has decided
that it is time to turn the job over to someone younger. His brother
Edward says it is time for him to step down too so that a younger
person can take over.
In a little less than a month, girls' basketball season begins. The
brothers say they are more than willing to work with their replacements
but cannot continue coaching even on an interim basis. As soon as
you heard that you needed new girls’ basketball coaches, you
sent a memo out to your faculty asking if anyone was interested. In
addition, you talked with the faculty members you considered most
likely to be interested, but no one has come forward. You notified
the principals in the other schools in the district in case anyone
on their staffs wanted to coach the girls. One elementary teacher
said that she would be interested in being an assistant coach but
didn’t feel she could be head coach because she hasn’t
had the necessary experience. There would be a gap of more than an
hour after your dismissal before she could be in your building.
Through further inquiry you find out that the salary for coaching
middle school basketball is so low that many people feel it is an
insult. The middle school boys’ teams have traditionally been
a training ground for high school boys’ sports, and several
people have been willing to coach the boys’ teams for that reason.
The middle school girls’ teams are not viewed in the same way.
Within a few days the news of the coaching opening has spread throughout
the community. You have been getting phone calls from people who say
it is time you had a black head coach because the majority of the
girls’ team is black. Other people have been calling to say
it is about time you had women coaching the girls’ teams. Still
others have called to say that, although everyone trusted the Gregg
brothers, you had better screen the new applicants carefully. There
was a scandal in a nearby district concerning male coaches of girls’
teams.
You do not have an athletic director for your school as the high school
does. The coaches arrange their own schedules, referees, and transportation.
You call the athletic director at the high school. He says that he
is hard pressed to find the coaches he needs. He complains that the
pay for coaching is so low and the coaches take so much abuse that
very few are interested. He suggests that you start by asking the
parents of the players.
Case Questions
1. What is the purpose of athletic competition in middle school?
2. What characteristics will you look for in a coach?
3. How will you go about recruiting candidates for the position?
4. How will you screen applicants?
5. Do you want the high school’s athletic director to be given
responsibility for running your sports programs? Do you want your
own athletic director?
6. How will you choose to coordinate your sports programs in the future?
7. What role do you think you should play in your sports programs?
Tasks
1. Divide students into seven groups. Each question is assigned to a group to discuss and then the groups post their answers in the discussion board under "case study-basketball coach" thread.
2. Each student is required to respond to at least three initial postings.
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