Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Lecture
Seminar
Workshop
Module Offerings
6504SPSEFC-JAN-PAR
Aims
This module will enable students to identify contemporary issues in sport and society and critically appraise and explain them via the application of theories cognate to Sport Development and the social sciences.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Identify and select contemporary issues and justify how and why they might be legitimately qualified as Sport Development issues.
2.
Apply sport/social theory to critically explain these issues.
3.
Critically examine the ability of sport to influence the issues outlined.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Examination of current issues in Sport Development and coaching.
The current status of knowledge in the field and how it informs and impacts the sport policy and Sport Development and coaching context.
Sociological theory, key concepts and their relationship to society, 'community' and sport.
Social capital, social change and their impact on the practice of Sport Development.
Critical analysis of issues concerning the stratification of sport in society with regard to age, socio- economic status, gender, race, ethnicity and disability.
Module Overview:
This module enables you to identify contemporary issues in sport and society and critically appraise and explain them via the application of theories cognate to Sport Development and the Social Sciences.
This module enables you to identify contemporary issues in sport and society and critically appraise and explain them via the application of theories cognate to Sport Development and the Social Sciences.
Additional Information:Students will be encouraged to examine the role of sport as a source of and solution for social problems and critique practical applications of Sport Development with theoretical insights synthesised from the literature base.