Course level

Undergraduate

Faculty

Health & Behavioural Sciences

School

Human Movement & Nutrition Sci

Units

2

Duration

One Semester

Delivery mode

Internal

Class hours

3 Contact hours

Assessment methods

Project 1 (70%), Project 2 (30%)

Course enquiries

Dr Michalis Stylianou

Current course offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 2, 2024 (22/07/2024 - 18/11/2024) St Lucia In Person Profile unavailable

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Course description

This course aims to develop students¿ knowledge, confidence, and capacity to coordinate and lead programmes of sport and physical activity within primary school settings (beyond Health and Physical Education). Topics covered within the course involve whole-school sport and physical activity programmes, sport and physical activity coordinators, social marketing and sports/physical activity promotion, Fitness for Life model and Wellness Weeks, community partnerships, and securing funding. Students will engage in a range of interactive learning experiences and authentic assessment tasks that will help them develop an understanding of the theory and practice underlying the abovementioned topics in primary school settings. Assessment tasks include (a) organizing, promoting, delivering, and reflecting on, a professional development workshop targeting classroom physical activity integration, and (b) applying for funding for the purposes of developing or extending a whole-school sport and physical activity programme at a primary school.

Archived offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 1, 2022 (21/02/2022 - 21/06/2022) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2021 (22/02/2021 - 19/06/2021) St Lucia Flexible Delivery Course Profile
Semester 1, 2020 (24/02/2020 - 11/07/2020) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2019 (25/02/2019 - 22/06/2019) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2018 (19/02/2018 - 23/06/2018) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2017 (27/02/2017 - 24/06/2017) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2016 (29/02/2016 - 25/06/2016) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2015 (02/03/2015 - 27/06/2015) St Lucia Internal Course Profile