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Appendix C – Plain Language Statement – Coaches and Coach Educators

DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY
Plain Language Statement
(for Coach Education Award 2 Development Group/Coach Education
Award 2 Pilot Course Candidates)

I. Introduction to the Research Study
I, Jimmy D’Arcy intend to conduct this research as part of the Master in Education and
Training Management (e-learning) in DCU’s Institute of Education.

My Proposed Research Study Title is: ‘Producing effective educational video: a
narrative approach to communicate a new model of coaching to GAA Coaches’

The aim of my research is to produce a video to communicate a new model of coaching
called the ‘Coach 10’ model to GAA Coaches through the story of an individual coach and
coach educator.

My contact details are as follows:

Address:
GAA
Croke Park
Dublin 3
Ph: 01 8658624
Email: jimmy.darcy@gaa.ie

Principal Investigator: Dr. Yvonne Crotty
Contact Details: Yvonne.crotty@dcu.ie
School: STEM Education, Innovation and Global Studies

II. Details of what involvement in the Research Study will require

Participation in the study will include:
Semi-Structured Interviews (on the production of the video) using the following questions:
➢What is your reaction to the video?
➢What aspects of the video are effective in communicating the Coach 10 Model?
➢What aspects of the video are not effective in communicating the Coach 10 Model?
➢What do you think of the style of the video?
➢What aspects of the video would you change to help communicate the model more
effectively?

An Anonymous Survey to assess effective and meaningful communication of the Coach 10
model using the following questions:
➢Did the video communicate the Coach 10 Model of effective coaching well?
➢What aspects of the video do you feel helped/did not help communicate the model
effectively?
➢Describe how the video style helped/did not help communicate the model effectively?
➢What aspects of the video would you change to help communicate the model more
effectively?

III. Potential risks to participants from involvement in the Research Study (if greater
than that encountered in everyday life)
It is not envisaged that there will be any risk to participants.

IV. Benefits (direct or indirect) to participants from involvement in the Research Study
An increase in knowledge of the ‘Coach 10’ model and in their own coaching and
tutoring practice through participation in the study.
Supporting the GAA in the development of a resource to communicate the
‘Coach 10’ Model

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