EDF4098 · Physical activity and sport in society

Overview

This unit will critically examine contemporary sport and physical activity participation trends and consider the notion of lifelong and life-wide participation in physical activity and movement. You will evaluate shifting patterns in participation and moves away from traditional structured sport. The unit will be underpinned by a socio-ecological lens that will encourage you to critically evaluate the ways in which policy, communities and social relationships shape participation in physical activity across the life course. The unit will support you to consider the skills young people require to participate in diverse forms of physical activity and the types of resources that might be available in their local community to facilitate participation. You will have opportunity to consider how you can develop a unit overview that responds to changing forms of participation and equips young people with the skills to remain active and engaged in movement over their lifetime.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. identify shifting physical activity participation trends and how participation may change across a lifetime
2. critically reflect on the diverse range of skills young people require to be physically active and consider how they could be taught within physical education
3. apply socio-ecological and other social theories to interpret the multiple and varied influences of young people’s physical activity and movement participation
4. design a unit overview that responds to shifting forms of physical activity, the concepts of lifelong and life-wide participation and resources available within the local community.

Workload

The minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per teaching period comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Usually, you can expect to engage with: • 24 hours* of scheduled learning delivered on campus via weekly/regular directed learning activities; and • the remaining hours to be allocated towards self-directed/independent study *Subject to variation due to professional experience requirements Scheduled learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.