THE INVESTIGATION OF FACTORS, DETERMINING COACH FURTHER EDUCATION IN THE CONTEXT OF LIFE-LONG EDUCATION

Nowadays, the meaning of further education constantly widens, thus
children should incessantly master new technologies, as well as adjust to
changing job market. At present it is not possible to keep competitiveness, if
knowledge base is not updated; therefore the popularity of gaining further
education is growing up. Also sport specialists conclude that further
education opens possibility to improve life and work quality. Continuous
knowledge increase becomes an industry, encouraging people to learn more
and more. Different independent learning programs, internet resources,
materials of manuals and self-education courses provide an opportunity to
improve the qualification in correspondence to the demands of labor market.
The main aim of our research was to find out factors which
determine coach further education in the sphere of life-long education. For
this purpose, we have created and distributed questionnaires for determining
and evaluating such factors, and then we have analyzed the surveys. After
summarizing the results, we concluded that for coaches in the sphere of lifelong education it is necessary to improve professional knowledge,
emphasizing latest innovations in sport science. During evaluation of factors
that determine coach further education, we concluded that 55% of
respondents (participants of the Project) pointed out self-motivation as the
main factor for education, 58% of respondents (students of further education
program) indicated Certification, which includes testing of sport specialist
theoretical knowledge and professional acquirements and recognition of
professional qualification of specialist in definite sport for the period of five
years, 38% of respondents (students of Level 1 higher professional
education program) indicated competitiveness in labor market, but 30% of
respondents (both the participants of the Project and students of Level 1
higher professional education program) asserted that determining factor for
further education are the demands of the employer