A Study on Life Sports Instructor's Informal Learning Type and Learning Improvement Method Kim Seung-Yong* Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Education, Donga University, Korea *Corresponding author: Seung-Yong Kim, Email: dragonkim@dau.ac.kr
Online published on 4 June, 2019. Abstract The purpose of this study was to present a life sports instructor's learning type and learning improvement method through informal learning. To achieve the purpose of this research, this study selected 4 instructors of the life sports instruction field as research participants. In addition, this study brought to light on a life sports instructor's learning type and the learning improvement method in depth using the ethnographic research method based on Spradley's domain analysis and taxonomic analysis through the research participants’ case. The research results were as follows: First, This study could classify a life sports instructor's learning type through informal learning into 5 sorts, i.e. ‘experience, learning, research, distribution, expansion.’ Second, As regards the learning improvement method for a life sports instruction through informal learning, learning environment should be constructed 1) from the personal and content-related aspects, 2) cultural and environmental aspects, and 3) institutional and organizational aspects. An instructor at a life sports instruction field is relatively lacking in the opportunity to get formal learning in comparison with office job workers. Conclusively, this study thinks that the informal learning type and learning improvement method have important educational significance for the increase in professionalism as a life sports instructor. Top Keywords Life sports instructor, informal learning, learning type, learning improvement, learning improvement method. Top |