Module SPRT2231: SPORTS DEVELOPMENT: POLICIES AND PRACTICES

Department: Sociology (Sport)

SPRT2231: SPORTS DEVELOPMENT: POLICIES AND PRACTICES

Prerequisites

• None.

Corequisites

• None.

Excluded Combination of Modules

• None.

Aims

• To provide students with an understanding of the different contexts within which sports development policy occurs and sports programmes are delivered;
• To provide students with an understanding of aims associated with sports development and the ways in which sports development policies and practices are developed as a result and in response.
• To enable students to gain a clear and critical understanding of sports development amidst the challenges posed by various policy problems;
• To introduce students to some of the theoretical and conceptual tools to analyse research and evaluate policy problems and sports policy;
• To provide students with an understanding of the political, social, theoretical and methodological issues and challenges related to sports development policies and practices.

Content

• Policy aims and evidence-bases associated with sports development.
• Conceptual and practical approaches to development of, and through, sport.
• Influential organisations and agencies in sports policy and development.
• Working practices and issues in sports policy and development.

Learning Outcomes

• By the end of this module students will be able to:
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the different aims and approaches of sports development policies and practices;
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of evidence and practical issues associated with sports development;
• Explore, analyse and reflect critically on the organizing and positioning of sports development in response to a variety of different aims.

• By the end of this module students will be able to:
• Critically appraise sports development policies and practice drawing on relevant conceptual and analytical frameworks;
• Critically reflect on partnership working and evaluative skills required in sports development;
• Critically interpret information and evidence on sports development policies and practices.

• By the end of this module students will be able to:
• Apply relevant conceptual frameworks and perspectives to sports development;
• Employ social research methodologies to analyse and evaluate sports development policies and practices;
• Explain key issues that impact on the practice of sports development;
• Work with colleagues in collectively comparing sports development programmes;
• Demonstrate written communications skills.

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

• Teaching and learning will be centred on lectures and seminars and will allow opportunities for students to reflect and critically analyse sports development policies and practices;
• Assessment will be centred upon two (2,000 and 2,500 word) assignments that will require students to research and report on specific aspects of sports development policies, programmes and practices. To prepare for the second summative, in particular, students will work in groups and (if desired and practical) with overseas counterparts to compare different sports development programmes.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

Non-compulsory 1,000 word assignment.

■ 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