Dr Mark Griffiths PhD, SFHEA

• PhD in Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, Loughborough University
• MSc in Sports Science, Brunel University
• BEd (Hons) in Physical Education, West London Institute

MSc Sport Coaching; MSc Physical Education and Wellbeing

• Innovation in Professional Development
• Applied Professional Practice
• Dissertation

 

Professional Doctorate in Sport and Exercise

• Professional Practice: Understanding competency in Sport and Exercise Science

Mark is interested in supervising doctoral research students in the following areas: 

• The role of professional development in supporting the practice of coaches and teachers
• 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.

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Funded Research

2019 – “My teachers don’t have a clue”: Digital Literacy for Teachers. Funded by Google Education

2017 - The case of MOOCs: informing digital and online learning. Educational Enhancement Fund. Funded by the University of Birmingham

2016  - Coaching Effectiveness.  Funded by The Football Association

2016 - Teachers’ continuing professional development in facilitating positive youth development. Funded by the South Korean Global Research Network

2014 - Contextually Sensitive Evaluation Tools for School Based Professional Learning: A Feasibility Study. Funded by The Society for Educational Research

2013 - Examining impact of the FAYCE programme: Capturing evidence of change. Funded by The Football Association

2013 - The theory and practice of ‘needs-led’ CPD provision in the FA: The RCDM Case Study. Funded by The Football Association

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

2010 - Evaluating impact. Funded by Sports coach UK

Conference presentations

2017-  Learning through networks: the possibilities and challenges of e-learning in Coach Education. US Centre for Coaching Excellence. Atlanta, USA, June

2017 - Advancing clinical reasoning through postgraduate manipulative physiotherapy education: A mixed methods longitudinal case study, Musculoskeletal Science and Practice, 28: e3-e4.

2016 - Creating a learning culture for developing clinical reasoning through postgraduate manipulative physiotherapy education', Manual Therapy, 25: e54-e55.

2016 – Exploring the role of ‘Practice Architectures’ in professional coaches’ workplace learning experiences. A I E S E P. Association Internationale des Ecoles Superieures d'Education Physique, Laramie, USA June.

2015 - Evaluation of a multi-agency approach to promoting physical activity with UK primary school children. European Conference on Educational Research, Budapest, Hungary

2014 -  Evaluating the impact of postgraduate education in manipulative physiotherapy on clinical reasoning. The International Federation of Orthopaedic Manipulative Physical Therapists, Teachers Meeting. Utrecht, The Netherlands

2014 - Developing contextually sensitive measures in school based professional development evaluations. A I E S E P, Association Internationale des Ecoles Superieures d'Education Physique, Auckland, New Zealand

2014 - Preparing coaches for mentoring. A I E S E P (Association Internationale des Ecoles Superieures d'Education Physique), Auckland, New Zealand.

2013 - Changing professional culture: Collaboration, identity and accountability by design. European Conference on Educational Research, Istanbul, Turkey.

2013 - Institutional culture, pedagogic practices and professional development. A I E S E P, (Association Internationale des Ecoles Superieures d'Education Physique), Warsaw, Poland

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

• 2014 – 2018 Elected Board Member: Association Internationale des Ecoles Superieures d'Education Physique (AIESEP)
• 2017 – Senior Fellow Higher Education Academy (UK)
• 2014 – Network Convenor (Sport Pedagogy) European Educational Research Association