UKCC Impact Study Phase One Report

This report contains details of Phase One of the UKCC Impact Study, a definitional, conceptual and methodological review.

Aims & Objectives

• Too establish the basic parameters and scope of the impact study, including the research aims and objectives
• To provide a consensual conceptual framework within which the project can be developed
• To identify the rationale/model for change underpinning the UKCC, in order to establish appropriate research design
• To advise sports coach UK on best practice in large-scale intervention impact studies, and to propose an appropriate methodology.

Methods

• Primary data collection
• Literature review and meta-analysis

Key Findings

• 'Logic models' provide a useful tool for understanding the impact of large scale interventions such as UKCC
• Evaluating the impact of UKCC will change in relation to the development, implementation and delivery stages
• Initial emphasis will be placed on understanding the 'fidelity' of the system against the designers' original intentions
• Once UKCC systems have bedded down greater emphasis will be placed on understanding the impact of UKCC on coaches' knowledge and practice
• The successful evaluation of UKCC will involve a range of approaches and methods

Summary (In development)
Final Report