module specification

Module Aims:
• to offer an historical perspective upon the relationship between sport, education and society;
• to encourage a critical examination of the relationship between play, games and sport and their respective relations to educational ideologies;
• to explore current controversial dimensions to sport in education and in schools, the community, and wider society;
• to become familiar with recent initiatives from government and sporting bodies to regenerate sport in schools and offer a critical perspective on them;
• to attempt a critical evaluation of sport and its place in contemporary education with a view to its regeneration as a core aspect of educational practice and purpose.

The module is divided into three blocks:

1. Policy, curriculum and the practice of sport in education
2. Recreation and leisure
3. The broad social issues and their implications for education and schooling.

The module will examine:

conflicts surrounding the role of sport in society and “social aims” associated with it; histories of sport in education; the ideological construction of sport; competition and educational objectives; gender, participation and access; moral discourses in sport; ‘race’ and identity; social class and the commercialisation of sport; policy and the sport curriculum; PE and sport in the National Curriculum; sport in school and community settings – visits scheduled in Enhancement Week 24. LO1,LO2,LO3

Students will be expected to make visits to a selected community-based sports’ development agency or leisure facility and evaluate the educational programme offered as preparation for Assessment B. LO4

The module will be taught through scheduled sessions supported by on-line presence.  These sessions will take the form of seminars and workshops.  There will also be field visits.

Learning outcomes:
Students successfully completing this module will be able to:
1. demonstrate that they have gained knowledge about the school context and the provision of sport in the wider community; A2, A3
2. demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between sport, education and society within historical and sociological perspectives; A2
3. demonstrate a critical understanding of the current issues in the module; A3
4. demonstrate critical awareness of sport and its place in contemporary education and society.  A1

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