Art. No.6. Sports animator’s competency model - context of understanding and specification
Ekaterina Deliverska, Stoyan Ivanov
South-West University Neofit Rilski, Blagoevgrad, BULGARIA
Department of Sport
Keywords: competencies, competency approach, competency model, sports animator
Received on June 28, 2016
Accepted on June 30, 2016
Published on July 10, 2016
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Abstract
Rethinking ways of training of sports animators as an opportunity to improve the quality and competitiveness in tourism, highlighting the need to develop competency models. These key competencies are integrated according to the activities of the sports animator for the purpose of professionalization and improving animator’s professional competency profile. This article presents conceptualized, integrated structural-functional model of sports animator by clusters of competencies, characterized by sports animation activity specifics.
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