Module SPRT1211: CHILDREN AND SPORT

Department: APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCES (SPORT)

SPRT1211: CHILDREN AND SPORT

Prerequisites

• None.

Corequisites

• Students in the wider university - none; Students within the department, please refer to the department for details

Excluded Combination of Modules

• None.

Aims

• On completion of the module, students should have a fundamental knowledge and understanding of how children's growth and development can influence participation and skill in sport and physical activity.

Content

• The theoretical component of the module will comprise of: lectures on the physiological, socio-cultural and psychological factors involved in children's development that influence participation and skill in sport and physical activity.
• There is also a practical component that focuses on children's experience of sport and physical activity in primary school.

Learning Outcomes

• Students should be able to: explain key anatomical, physiological, psychological and socio-cultural factors that affect children's growth and development.
• explain how these factors can influence a child's participation and skill in sport and physical activity.
• discuss children's participation and skill in sport and physical activity from a multi-disciplinary perspective.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

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Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

Assignment: 1000 words.

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University