Creating Value With Expert Martial Art Instructors in Social Learning Spaces: A Professional Development Initiative

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Abstract

The objective of this study was to highlight the perspective of martial art (MA)
instructors regarding the key factors of co-developing a Tactical Games approach for
children within a social learning space (SLS). Five instructors and two collaborators
from a large national-level social services organization in Brazil participated in the
study, engaging in online and in-person meetings, professional development sessions
and weekly debriefs with the researcher facilitator of the SLS. Using the Tenants of the
Value Creation framework, nine qualitative data sources were analyzed using thematic
coding. The two themes discussed explain: (a) ways we negotiated resistance to achieve
change and (b) dialogue found as the key factor for a successful SLS.

Authors

• Alba Iara Cae Rodrigues, VidAtiva Centro de Movimento e Bem-Estar

• Dominique Banville, George Mason University

• Risto Marttinen, George Mason University

• Marcelo Moreira Antunes, Universidade Federal Fluminense