PSY5073 - Sport Psychology: Working with Stakeholders

Objectives:

Assessment tasks are designed to enable students to demonstrate the Learning and Employability outcomes for the relevant level of study. Level Learning Outcomes are embedded in the assessment task(s) at that level. This enables a more integrated view of overall student performance at each level.

Content:

Building upon the foundational knowledge of core sport psychology theories and interventions developed within the level 4 ‘PSY4053: Principles of Sport Psychology’ module, this module focuses on the factors that differentiate and typify the various client groups that a sport psychologist might work with. These include: individual athletes, teams, coaches, parents and wider performance staff also (i.e. physiotherapists, strength and conditioning coaches, nutritionists etc.). Relevant topics will include (but are not limited to); athletic transitions, motivational climate (at home and within sport), leadership and coach-athlete relationships.

This emphasis on client characteristics will help to better conceptualise the role of the sport psychologist within context and will draw upon contemporary literature to reflect upon the numerous roles and responsibilities that a ‘sport psychologist’ might fulfil as part of their professional role(s).

This line of inquiry in turn provides some relevant underpinning content in advance of critically analysing the differing organisational contexts that a practitioner might work in (which is the primary focus of the level 6 sport psychology module).

Learning and Teaching Information:

Workshops
Hours: 24 x 2-hour sessions (12 sessions per semester)
Intended Group Size: Up to 100

Additional programme specific workshops
Hours: 2 x 1-hour sessions (1 session at the end of each semester)
Intended Group Size: Up to 30

Guided independent study
Hours: 250

Further details relating to assessment
001: The negotiated group assessment will require students to consider how sport psychology and a sport psychologist’s services can be promoted to various audiences or groups (such as coaches, parents or athletes etc.). Upon doing so, assessment groups will be given the opportunity to explore different approaches and formatting options such as: an educational workshop, a podcast series, a series of infographics etc.

Peer-adjustment will also be utilised within the group Negotiated Assessment. For each assessment a categorical mark will initially be awarded to a group assessment by the tutor. This mark may then be adjusted (to a non-categorical individual mark) if a given student is deemed to have contributed more or less than the group average by their peer group.

002: The written ‘Expert Position Statement’ will require students to produce a written report which addresses the importance of cultural reflexivity within sport psychology, and mirrors the stylistic approach adopted by professional bodies such as the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences when they produce their expert statements on key contemporary topics.

003: The integrated case study assessment will build upon the equivalent assessment at level 4 and will mirror the approach adopted within the other psychology single honours programme modules.

Assessment:

001 Negotiated assessment; Group submission (up to 3,000 words / 15 minutes per person); end of semester 1 50%
002 Written expert statement; 1,500 words; mid semester 2 20%
003 Integrated assessment (integrating content from Core Psychology also); 2,000 words or eqv. end of semester 2 30%

Fact File

Module Coordinator - Chris Rowley
Level - 5
Credit Value - 30
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered - 5YL

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