Learning Partnerships, Unit Catalogue 2011/12 |
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 Credits:
| 6 |
| Level:
| Certificate (FHEQ level 4) |
| Period: |
Semester 1 at City of Bath College Semester 1 at Weston College Semester 1 at Weymouth College |
| Assessment:
| CW100 |
| Supplementary Assessment: | Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites:
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| Description:
| Aims: This unit provides the student with an in depth knowledge and understanding of the sports development continuum. It identifies the main bodies which influence the development and management of sport and focuses on the pathways and processes to develop sport. Students will analyse the barriers that exist to sports participation and the political interventions used to combat it. Learning Outcomes: At the end of this unit students will be able to: * Identify how the wider cross cutting political issues impact on the sports development process from grass roots to elite performance; * Discuss the impact of social/economic issues within sports development; * Outline and analyse the barriers that prevent sport participation and development and the impact this has in a wider social/economic setting. Skills: Intellectual * Improve own learning and performance (F,A) * Presenting and developing an appropriate argument (T, F, A) * Development of a balanced and critical approach (T, F, A) * Personal study and research skills (F, A) * Academic writing skills (T, F, A) Professional * Working in an independent and autonomous way (F, A) Key Skills * Communication (F, A) * Work logically and systematically (F, A) * ICT (F,A) * Solving problems (F,A) * Working effectively (F, A) Practical Self organisation and management (F, A) * Problem solving (F, A) * Prioritising time and tasks (F, A) Content: Sport and politics; Barriers to participation: motivational/physical/economical/political/cultural Sport development continuum; Professional bodies and organisations; DCMS, UK Sport, Sport England, YST, NGB�s. Funding of sport; Institutions delivering at appropriate levels of the development continuum. |
| Programme availability: |
AS10397 is Compulsory on the following programmes:Learning Partnerships
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