Efecto del aprendizaje experiencial en la formación de entrenadores deportivos

Abstract

The present investigation was carried out at the Instituto Superior Tecnológico del Azuay, located in the city of Cuenca, Azuay province. The objective of the study was to analyze the effect of experiential learning in the training of sports coaches. For the development of the study, several experiential learning methodologies were selected and applied to 18 students from the third cycle of the institute's sports training career. Participants were selected according to inclusion criteria. The teaching-learning methodology was applied for 17 weeks, five days a week, during the development of the classes. This study is quasi-experimental with a control group. The main variables used were, the methodological strategies of experiential learning and the improvement of the teaching-learning process evidenced in the learning styles of the students; the secondary variables were the age and sex of the participants. Learning styles were evaluated in a pre-test and post-test, through the application of the Honey-Alonso questionnaire. For data analysis, the computer software IBM-SPSS-Statistics-22 was used. In addition, the results of the evaluations were compared, by means of the test of means for related and independent samples. The results obtained showed that with the intervention, active, reflective and pragmatic learning improved significantly, however, theoretical learning did not improve. Therefore, the application of the experiential learning methodology for 17 weeks showed an improvement in the teaching-learning process, specifically in the learning styles of the students.