SHN4153 - Foundations of Physical Actvity, Health and Wellbeing

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:

This module investigates the concept of physical activity, key determinants of physical activity patterns, and how to measure physical activity. The module will apply these to roles within exercise and health, whilst exploring lifestyle diseases in relation to health and wellbeing. You will make links between principles of training for healthy adults and core introductory concepts from sociology in health and wellbeing, such as diverse approaches to health. You will also explore the causes and effects of inequalities in health whilst evaluating introducing specific health interventions and producing responses through case studies and problem-based learning. This module will also help further contribute to introducing core aspects of research and enquiry, integrated into content and learning activities.

The module will include the competencies for the CIMPSA gym instructing professional standard.

Learning and Teaching Information:

Workshops
Hours: 10
Intended Group Size: Full cohort

Seminars
Hours: 20
Intended Group Size: Max 30

Practical Workshops
Hours: 20
Intended Group Size: Max 30

Guided independent study
Hours: 250

Further details relating to assessment
Practical Assessment: The practical assessment will be a gym-based assessment in which the students will have to instruct a gym-based session to a healthy client.

Portfolio: The portfolio will be based around a series of tasks that allow the students to demonstrate their knowledge and application of the theories which are relevant to the field of exercise health and nutrition and will form a basis of underpinning approaches for their subsequent years of study. Tasks will include a range of activities such as client analysis, reflective writing, analyse and interpretation of data and producing relevant interventions.

Assessment:

001 Practical assessment; 30 minutes; end of semester 2 20%
002 Case study; 4,000 words or equivalent; end of semester 2 80%

Fact File

Module Coordinator - Adam Lunn
Level - 4
Credit Value - 30
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered - 4S2

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