Module EFPM374 for 2019/0
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
EFPM374: Current Issues in Physical Education (PE)
This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.
Module Aims
The aims of the module are:
1. To enable you to draw together the research and implications of research on topics that inform and develop effective teaching and learning in PE;
2. To provide you with new insights into recent research findings in PE;
3. To help you to identify appropriate areas for future research in the field;
4. To enable you to consolidate and build upon your existing knowledge, skills and experiences in PE so that you can deal with professional situations and exercise sound judgment, personal responsibility and initiative;
5. To support your professional development in the field of PE;
6. To provide you with the knowledge, skills and understandings to analyse, critique and reflect on the relationship between theory, research, policy and practice;
7. To enable you to develop knowledge, understanding, key skills and confidence to plan, implement and communicate educational research to your peers in professional contexts;
8. To provide you with the organisational and transferable skills to extend your professional development and autonomy.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
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Module-Specific Skills | 1. Demonstrate a critical understanding of the relationship between theory, policy and practice in PE. 2. Demonstrate an evidence-based understanding of PE in schools and its developments. |
Discipline-Specific Skills | 3. Analyse and critique current issues in education. 4. Present, discuss and debate current issues in education with the support of empirical research and non-empirical evidence. |
Personal and Key Skills | 5. Synthesise and organise ideas to present an argument. 6. Take responsibility for your own learning. 7. Critically evaluate and present an argument in writing and orally. |
How this Module is Assessed
In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.
Formative Assessment
A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.
Form of assessment | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
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Written assignment: Review of literature in relation to current issue in PE. | 1,500 words | 1-7 | Written Feedback |
Summative Assessment
A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.
Coursework | Written exams | Practical exams |
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50 | 0 | 50 |
...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.
Form of assessment | % of credit | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
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Written assignment on a current issue in PE | 60 | 4,000 words | 1-7 | Written Feedback |
Individual Oral Presentation | 40 | 10 minute individual oral presentation with 5 minutes for questions (face-to-face oral presentations for blended students; distance students to submit recorded oral presentations) | 1-7 | Written Feedback |
Re-assessment
Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.
Original form of assessment | Form of re-assessment | ILOs re-assessed | Timescale for re-assessment |
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Written assignment on a current issue in PE | 4,000 words | 1-7 | 6 weeks |
Individual oral presentation | 10 minute individual oral presentation with 5 minutes for questions (face-to-face oral presentations for blended students; distance students to submit recorded oral presentations) | 1-7 | 6 weeks |
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
Basic reading list:
Capel, S. and Whitehead, M. (2015) Learning to Teach Physical Education in the Secondary School. London: Routledge.
Capel, S. and Piotwoski, S. (2000) Issues in Physical Education. London: Routledge.
Hardy, C.A. and Mawer, M. (1999) Learning and Teaching in Physical Education. London: Falmer.
Keay, J.K. (2006) What is a PE teacher’s role? The influence of learning opportunities on role definition. Sport, Education & Society, 11 (4), 369-383.
Lewis, K. (2014) Pupils’ and teachers’ experiences of school-based physical education: A qualitative study. British Medical Journal, 4, 1-8.
Mawer, M. (1995) The Effective Teaching of Physical Education. London: Longman.
Shulman, L.S. (1986) Those who understand: Knowledge growth in teaching. Educational Researcher, 15 (2), 4-14.
Shulman, L.S. (1987) Knowledge and teaching: Foundations of the new reform. Harvard Educational Review, 57 (1), 1-22.