Department of Education, Unit Catalogue 2009/10 |
ED10378: Ethics in the performance sport environment |
 Credits:
| 5 |
| Level:
| Certificate |
| Period: | Semester 1 |
| Period: | Semester 2 |
| Assessment:
| CW 50%, EX 50% |
| Supplementary Assessment: | Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites:
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| Description: | Aims: Students undertaking this unit will examine and analyse the ethical considerations posed through a range of contemporary issues in sport to allow students to assess the role of the coach/leader in welfare issues in relation to sports participation. Learning Outcomes: At the end of this unit students will be able to: * develop an understanding of emerging issues and pressures experienced by the coach and support staff; * identify the key issues contributing to ethical practice; * analyse and apply the key social theories that underpin ethical practice; * recognise the impact of ethical practice within the sports performance context. Skills: * communication; (T,F,A) * application of number; (F) * information technology; (F,A) * basic management skills. (T,F,A) Content: * Critical evaluation of sport (competing theoretical perspectives) * Impact of sport on social and moral development * Drugs in sport, including the ethical implications of drug testing, * Deviant behaviour in sport * Ethical practice (codes of conduct; codes of ethics) * Professionalism vs. amateur, funding, media and role model status; * Pressures of success, under achievement and the impact it has on ethical practice. |