A Conceptual Perspective on Mediating Competence in Sports Coaching and Physical Education

Abstract

Qualification and study programmes in sports coaching and physical education are based on concepts from Educational Sciences and, at least in part, Sports Sciences; established standards aim to didactically and methodologically educate best for an intended (e.g. learning objective) as well as setting-oriented (e.g. educational context) coaching or teaching, respectively. However, an often referred to mediating competence remains to be specified—if not, classified. Against the background of a categorizing approach on underlying terminological characteristics (i.e., skill, competence, literacy) and reviewing German education-related competence models, we suggest a conceptual perspective on an integrative mediating competence to serve sports coaching and physical education contexts.