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 Academic Year:
| 2012/3 |
| Owning Department/School:
| Department of Education |
| Credits:
| 6 |
| Level:
| Intermediate (FHEQ level 5) |
| Period: |
Semester 1 |
| Assessment:
| CW 100% |
| Supplementary Assessment: | Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites:
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| Description:
| Aims: To understand the key sports policies that frame sport in the UK and internationally. To have critically engaged the main principles of Sports Policy and International Development. Learning Outcomes: At the completion of this unit the student will: * Have gained an understanding of the range of knowledges underpinning sports policy. * Will be able to explain and discuss the relevance of, and contestations between, public and private providers, national and international objectives, corporate sport and public policy. * Will be able to critically discuss the politics of the role of sport in international development. Skills: Intellectual: * Develop and apply the skills needed for academic study and inquiry T/A * Evaluate both research and evidence critically and assess a variety of information sources T/A * Synthesise information from a number of sources in order to gain a coherent understand of theory and practice T/A Professional/Practical: * Recognise and understand competent and effective management of sport and physical activity F Transferable/Key: * Utilise problem solving skills in a variety of theoretical situations F * Take responsibility for personal and professional learning and development F * Manage time, prioritise workloads, and utilise planning skills F * Work independently to identify and achieve clear goals F Content: Students will study: * Analysis of sports policy and major providers in the UK * UK Sports Policy within the Global Context * The politics of sport for development & peace (e.g. gendered, raced, imperial) * Specific Sports Strategy Documents and major sports policies * Cross-Cutting Agendas and the role of sport in social policy delivery. |
| Programme availability: |
ED20134 is Optional on the following programmes:Department of Education
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