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HL20450: Critical health and body pedagogies

Academic Year: 2018/9
Owning Department/School: Department for Health
Credits: 6      [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 120
Level: Intermediate (FHEQ level 5)
Period:
Semester 1
Assessment Summary: CW 100%
Assessment Detail:
  • Assignment (3000 words) (CW 100%)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites:
Description: Aims:
The intention of this unit is to:
* Engage students in the reflection and critique of pedagogic practices concerning physical culture, health and people's bodies by applying their knowledge of different theoretical positions to formal and informal learning contexts within and beyond schools.
* Provide an opportunity for students to develop and improve their personal critical praxis.
* Understand specific and contemporary pedagogical issues related to physical culture, health and people's bodies.

Learning Outcomes:
Having studied this unit, students will be able to:
* Consider and recognise how different theoretical positions might influence our approach to pedagogic practices.
* Critically reflect upon practice in terms of enhancing continuing professional development.
* Increasingly recognise appropriate links between theory and practice

Skills:

* Reflection F/A
* Comprehensive and scholarly written communication (A)
* Ability to select, summarise, and synthesise written information from multiple sources (F/A)
* Ability to apply theory to practice (T/F/A)
* Ability to select and use appropriate ideas to produce a coherent response to a pre-set question (T/F/A)
* Critical engagement with literature in the light of existing theory (F/A)
* Ability to produce work to agreed specifications and guidelines (A)

Content:

* Formal and Informal Learning
* Pedagogies of Physical Culture, Health and the Body in Schools
* Public Health and Body Pedagogies Critical Pedagogies and Change.
Programme availability:

HL20450 is Optional on the following programmes:

Department for Health
  • UHHL-AFB11 : BA(Hons) Sport & Social Sciences (Year 2)
  • UHHL-AKB11 : BA(Hons) Sport & Social Sciences with Professional Placement (Year 2)
  • UHHL-AFB20 : BSc(Hons) Sport Management & Coaching (Year 2)
  • UHHL-AKB20 : BSc(Hons) Sport Management & Coaching with Professional Placement (Year 2)

Notes:

  • This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2018/19 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2019/20 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2018/19.
  • Programmes and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
  • Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
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