Offered
Not offered in 2008
Synopsis
In this unit students will independently identify a contemporary sport, PE, or outdoor recreation issue in society that has arisen as a problem from an experiential pool. Furthermore, students will be introduced to ideas about social issues as phenomena and how the process of locating them within a paradigm, as the starting process for developing knowledge, is an essential stage for understanding the relevance of research; and for proposing research projects in the field of sport, PE and outdoor recreation.
Objectives
Upon successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- demonstrate a critical ability to use personal experiences as signifiers of social issues in sport, PE and outdoor recreation;
- frame and analyse social issues as future challenges in sport, PE and outdoor recreation;
- question the relevance of different paradigms and apply judgments on the importance of paradigmatic traditions in relation to phenomena; and
- distinguish critical differences in paradigms for the purpose of utilising knowledge from a field of study that is multi- and inter-disciplinary.
Assessment
Assessment task 1 (2,000 words): 50%
Assessment task 2 (equivalent 2,000 words): 50%
required attendance at tutorials/practicals/laboratories.
Contact hours
3 contact hours per week, 9 hours private study including readings, completions of set tasks and self-directed learning
