Programme of Study Catalogue

Objectives:

On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:
Analyse the social factors affecting physical education as a discipline.
Appreciate and evaluate the role of physical education and activity in promoting social inclusion.
Interpret how qualitative research methods contribute to our awareness of social factors in physical education and sport.
Demonstrate critical reflection in order to appraise factors that contribute to their personal and professional development.

Content:

The module aims to enhance students' awareness and appreciation of others through the medium of physical education. This includes understanding and evaluating the role that physical education can play in fostering social equality and social inclusion. In particular also, students will study the effects of race, ethnicity, gender, disability, sexuality and socioeconomic class and how the application of this knowledge may lead to more effective practitioners. Other potential influences are included such as the role of the family, geographical location and finance. Students are encouraged to comprehend potential equality and inequality and to what extent environmental aspects affect success within physical education and sport.

Learning and Teaching Information:

Students will experience a variety of teaching and learning methods which includes lectures. Additionally, there will be workshops and seminars where learning can be more interactive. Practical sessions will also be present where we apply theory to practice. For example, sociology topics such as gender, etc. will be taught in lectures and seminars but also discussed within practical sessions in order to apply theory in a contextualised setting.

Lectures
Hours: 20
Intended Group Size: 60

Seminars
Hours: 10
Intended Group Size: 20

Practicals
Hours: 10
Intended Group Size: 20

Guided independent study
Hours: 160

Further details relating to assessment
Directed activities: these consist of weekly tasks that must be completed and submitted for inspection at timetabled sessions each week. The assessment will be assessed on a pass/fail basis with a pass requiring at least 75% of all weekly tasks to be completed successfully. A pass will lead to the full award of 10% towards the final module mark. A fail in directed activities will contribute 0% to the final mark.

Formative assessment will take place in this module.

The assessment will comprise an essay in order to assess learning outcomes 1, 2 and 4. The practical will be in the form of an interview conducted by the student.

Assessment:

001 10%
002 Practical (Presentation) 10 minutes mid semester 2 40%
003 Essay 2500 words end of semester 2 50%

Fact File

Module Coordinator - Aled Rowlands
Level - 4
Credit Value - 20
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered - 4S2