SHN5083 - Applied Scientific Principles within Physical Education and Coaching

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:

You will develop in depth understanding of systems and processes which enable and aid movement such as energy production, muscular contraction, re-synthesis and use of ATP, lactate threshold, VO2max, OBLA.

Theories and laws of physical force, motion, momentum, rotation and centre of mass which can be applied to human performance in sport. The application of biomechanical principles in the understanding, teaching and learning of skills and techniques in activities such as Gymnastics and Athletic Activities. The design and implementation of programmes and lessons to complement the various energy systems and the practical use of field tests in PE and Sports Coaching through the medium of Track and Field Athletics, Gymnastics and other sporting activities.
You will also develop understanding of quantitative research methods techniques and skills including hypothesising, data collection, statistical analysis, research design and consideration of ethical issues pertaining to empirical research.

Learning and Teaching Information:

Lectures
Hours: 20
Intended Group Size: Cohort

Workshops
Hours: 15
Intended Group Size: 20

Practicals
Hours: 15
Intended Group Size: 20

Guided independent study
Hours: 250

Further details relating to assessment
The assessments are designed to prepare the students for applied work in the national curriculum and school sports setting where practitioners have a scientific understanding of how young people perform and develop techniques and aspects of physical fitness and how this understanding impacts upon the teaching and learning process. In addition, students will be assessed on their ability to design and use more advanced techniques of quantitative research methods, including data collection and appropriate use of statistical techniques in processing and presenting those data.

The Case Study will be an assessment of the students understanding and ability to apply the scientific principles of biomechanics and anatomy and physiology to the pedagogical context of National Curriculum PE and School Sport in the activities of Athletics, Gymnastics or other NC activities.

The quantitative research methods task will be an assessment of the students’ ability to carry out self-designed data collection procedures and how well they correctly handle, analyse and present the results of their statistical treatment of this data.

Assessment:

001 Coursework (quantative task); 2,000 words; mid semester/term 20%
002 Case study; 3,000 words; end of semester/term 50%
003 Presentation (research proposal); 10 minutes; end of semester/term 30%

Fact File

Module Coordinator - Tim Green
Level - 5
Credit Value - 30
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered - 5S2

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