About Claire Donohue
I have a decade of teaching experience in Further and Higher Education. My background is in Sports Coaching and I have taught across a variety of sporting disciplines.
I have a keen interest in sport, in particular, fitness and gymnastics coaching. I am a qualified Level 3 Women's Artistic Gymnastics Coach and regularly coach at South Durham Gymnastics Club which produced an Olympic medallist in Rio.
Teaching and supervision
Courses:
BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Sciences
FdSc Sports Coaching.
Modules:
Coaching Practice (Level 5 and 6)
Coaching Theory (Level 5 and 6)
Personal, Professional Development (Level 4)
Research Project Supervision (Level 6)
Research
- Sports coaching, in particular coach and teacher observations, association of volunteering and mental wellbeing of students
- Coach development and mentoring
- Developmental interactions of coaches
- Perceptions of Foundation Degree students in Level 6.