BA (Hons) Physical Education and School Sport with Foundation Year

You will explore sport as subject-matter for Physical Education, identifying different possibilities for learning across psychomotor, cognitive-reflective, affective and socio-motor domains. Skillfulness will become a core conceptual element of investigation. You will look to explore the contextual elements of skillfulness through the interaction of people and unfolding environments. You will work towards designing a learning activity in which they are able to identify the elements of skillfulness which this activity aims to challenge and develop.

You will identify your current knowledge, experience and interests in a selected area of study and create an action plan to support your progression into Higher Education. You will describe how your previous experiences have provided a platform for you to study sport at university. This will provide a basis to create and develop an action plan for your first year of study. In doing so, you will develop your ability to retrieve information and improve your communication skills.

You will explore sports as subject-matter for learning in Physical Education and School Sport. This will help you improve your knowledge and understanding of sports. You will examine how practices of sport may used to develop performative notions of knowledge through skillfulness and the potential impact of such notions.

The module will encourage you to consider career aspirations and the journey towards such goals. You will explore what it means to be employable within various educational and sporting settings. As you research and appreciate what employers value, you will identify employability skills and processes related to your career goals. This will include supporting the use of transferable skills for Physical Education and the sport and physical activity industry as you develop an action plan that will enable you to achieve your professional development and career goals.

Students will explore the anatomy of teaching styles and the relationship between teacher and learner decision making.

The module will require students to consider the planning, delivery and evaluation in the lead up to running an event.

Learning experiences within the module will focus upon developing your capability to analyse subject-matter for learning with a view to identifying components of skillfulness within complex unfolding sports contexts. You will apply this analysis to identify how to differentiate and develop identified components of this skilfulness. Using this understanding you will focus on designing problem-based learning activities to differentiate and progress the identified components of skilfulness.

This module requires you to undertake a work-based placement related to the sport & physical activity industry. You will develop your identity as a professional in your field, including a set of values, skills, and attributes required for graduate employment. You will build on your understanding and self-awareness developed at Level 4 to negotiate a personal learning agreement, including a set of developmental goals that will enhance your employability. Both during and following your placement, you will reflect on your learning and heightened self-awareness of areas for further development. You will develop your capacity to articulate your readiness for employment to others.

You will consider a range of historical, political and sociological factors that impact on education. More specifically, you will be asked to show knowledge and critical understanding of how such factors shape conceptions and practices of Physical Education and School Sport. You will apply this knowledge and understanding to inform pedagogical practice.

You will be introduced to the stages of the research process in order to produce a literature review to underpin your research project which you will complete in your final year. You will select an area of research and provide a review of the current and relevant literature that pertains to that area of research. Your choice of topic should be worthwhile, appropriate, and relevant. This is something that you should discuss in collaboration with the module team and supervisor.

Students will explore theoretically and practically the meanings of health and knowledge within Physical Education and School Sport.

This module will introduce you to innovative pedagogical approaches towards the delivery of theoretical components of the Physical Education GCSE/A Level curricula.

The aim of this module is to demonstrate your developing professional identity in order to prepare you for graduate level employment in work based environments, upon the completion of your degree. You will reflect on the pedagogical practices of others within a school or relevant work-based environment and on the knowledge, skills and experiences developed during your degree to demonstrate your readiness to enter graduate-level employment to future employers. You will explore current employment opportunities and learn how to 'sell yourself' to potential employers. On successful completion of this module and on completion of the course, you will be awarded a Wolverhampton Enterprise and Employability Award (WEEA) certificate.

The Professional Project is the culmination of your undergraduate degree course which will enable you to work independently in an area that excites and interests you. The Professional Project enables you to engage with a substantial programme of independent study which allows you to define and explore in some depth a topic relating to your course or intended future employment, as well as developing advanced skills in managing an extended project. The Professional Project provides experience of critically evaluating and reflecting upon the particular methodologies of your subject area. The project may include practical elements, dependent upon the subject discipline being studied. For students continuing from level 5 within the Institute of Sport, a project proposal will have been completed during a Level 5 module. The module is year-long and it will be your focus while you participate in the taught content during Block 1 which will lead to your submission of an ethics application (proposal). By the end of Block 4 you will submit both a written submission (project) and for participation at the school of sport student conference, either a either a mind map or pictorial representation of your project, which you will decide upon in discussion with your project supervisor. The presentation will be delivered to a small group of your peers and your supervisor/ second marker at the Department of Sport Student Conference (in the style of a viva voce). This should be considered a professional celebration of your studies moving into your employment. We therefore advise that you choose a topic that fuels your passions and interests, and that is relevant to your desired career path(s). You will work in partnership with your supervisors, and with their facilitation work towards a memorable end to your undergraduate studies.