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EDF3613 - Trends, controversies and issues in sport and outdoor recreation

6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Education

Coordinator(s)

Dr Jonathan Magee

Offered

Peninsula

First semester 2016 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit provides students with the opportunity to engage with and explore current trends, issues and controversies in sport and outdoor recreation. Topics include how humans relate to and manage sport and outdoor recreational environments, sport and outdoor recreation participation demographics and trends, sport and outdoor recreation policy, issues of sustainability, social justice and inclusion, contested histories and the development of professional ethics and standards in sport and outdoor recreation. Students engage with these topics through a team-based problem-solving and/or action-research approach.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit students should be able to:

draw upon scholarly and public knowledge resources to identify and define current trends and issues of significance in outdoor recreation
appreciate and understand how current research activity provides conceptual resources and empirical insights into the development of outdoor recreation policy and practice
identify, collect, analyse and synthesise the current literature of conceptual and empirical relevance to one or more current trends and issues in outdoor recreation
develop and apply rigorous strategies, such as problem-based learning and/or action research, for exploring those trends and issues
evaluate those issues and trends and construct a coherent and logical argument that represents how outdoor recreation managers, guides and leaders should address them in practice.

Assessment

Student tutorial (2000 words equivalent, 50%)
Book review (2000 words equivalent, 50%)

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 144 hours per semester comprising:

(a.) Contact hours for on-campus students:

24 contact hours per semester

(b.) Additional requirements:

independent study to make up the required minimum hours per semester including readings, completion of set tasks and self-directed learning

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Ruth Jeanes