Qualifications
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PhD in Professional Development, Loughborough University, 2010
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MSc in Sports Science, Brunel University, 2000
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BEd (Hons) in Physical Education, West London Institute, 1990
Teaching
BA Sport, Physical Education and Coaching Science
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Sport Science and Pedagogy
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Sport Science and Movement
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Sport Science and Professional Practice
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Innovation and Professional Practice
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Dissertation
BA Applied Golf Management Studies
PGDip/MSc Sport Coaching
Postgraduate supervision
Mark is interested in supervising doctoral research students in the following areas:
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The role of professional development in supporting professional practice
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Examining teacher/coach learning through workplace pedagogy
If you are interesting in studying any of these subject areas please contact Mark on +44 (0)121 414 4874 or m.griffiths@bham.ac.uk or for any general doctoral research enquiries, please email: dr@contacts.bham.ac.uk or call +44 (0)121 414 5005.
Research
2012 – An analysis of CPD provision for the football coaching workforce: A comparison with other professional fields. Funded by The Football Association
2012 – Evaluation of England Athletics National Coach Development Programme. Funded by UK/EA/ScUK
2011 - An analysis of the capacity of volunteer sports coaches as community assets in the Big Society. Funded by Arts and Humanities Research Council
2011 – Evaluation of Coach Educators on Professional Youth Coaches’s Practice. Funded by The Football Association and in collaboration with Loughborough University
Conference presentations
2012 - Educating the Educators: Professional learning in situ. Australian Association for Research in Education, Sydney, Australia.
2012 - Mentoring for success in sport coaching? European Conference on Educational Research, Cadiz, Spain
2011 - Volunteer coaches as community assets in the Big Society. August, International Council for Coaching Excellence. Paris
2011 - Measuring Impact. Sportscoach UK Annual Conference, Belfast, N Ireland.
2011 - Finding a learning space. Sportscoach UK Annual Conference, Belfast, N Ireland.
2010 - Re-thinking mentoring: Implications from a case study of volunteer coach learning. International Council for Coaching Excellence, Arnhem, The Netherlands
2009 - Is mentoring an effective strategy to support the professional development of volunteer sports coaches? International Council for Coaching Excellence. Vancouver, Canada
2007 - Mentoring as a learning strategy in sports coach professional development: context, communities and practice”. British Educational Research Association Annual Conference, London.UK
Other activities
2012 – Invited contributor: London 2012 Olympic Legacy: The generative capabilities of community sport and community coaches. Gillette (Proctor & Gamble) Olympic Research Papers
2011 – Workshop Convenor: National Governing Bodies: Evaluating Impact. Sports coach UK
2010 – Invited Technical Editor: Mentoring in Sport. ScUK
Journal Reviewer: International Journal of Coaching Science; Journal of Teaching in Physical Education; Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports; International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching; Annual Review of High Performance Coaching and Consulting
Publications
Griffiths, M. (2013) David Clutterbuck, Mentoring and Coaching: A commentary. International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching, 8 (1), 229-231
Griffiths, M. & Armour,K.(2013) Learning Dispositions in professional learning International Journal of Sport Science & Coaching (in press)
Griffiths, M. & Armour, K. (2012) Formalised Mentoring as a Professional Learning Strategy for Volunteer Sports Coaches. Mentoring & Tutoring, 20 (1), 151-173
Griffiths, M. & Armour, K. (2012) Physical Education and Youth Sport in England: Conceptual and Practical Foundations for an Olympic Legacy. Special Issue International Journal of Sport Policy (in print)
Griffiths, M (2011). Mentoring and professional learning. In K. Armour (Eds) Introduction to Sport Pedagogy for Teachers and Coaches: Effective Learners in Physical Education and Youth Sport. London: Routledge
Griffiths, M & Armour, K. (2011) Case Studies. In Armour and Macdonald (Eds) Research Methods in Physical Education and Youth Sport. Routledge