Thesis Report Seminars
Two seminars are required in year 3. In the first seminar, the student is given the opportunity to present the analysis of data, preliminary results and reflections from the field. The second seminar is an oral defence of the entire thesis report (viva voce) after the thesis has passed.
Thesis Proposal Seminars
Two seminars are required in year 2. The first seminar is essentially a report of an initial literature review in the student’s chosen specific area of research. It affords students the opportunity to explore the theoretical foundations of the research problem and justify its viability. Students produce a concept paper of their research and an annotated bibliography of potential literature for the study. The second seminar is the presentation and defence of the thesis proposal.
The role of leadership in planning, implementing and evaluating the Physical Education curriculum is the focus of this course. Students will examine general leadership theories and models and apply them to curricular functions such as strategic planning, resource mobilisation and management, quality assurance, curriculum alignment, ethical practice and accountability.
This course focuses on theories and models, and their application in measurement and evaluation in Physical Education. Issues in learner assessment in Physical Education at different levels of education are examined with the view to developing appropriate models for each level. The course also discusses educational programme evaluation models that can be applied in evaluating the Physical Education programme. Examples of models that will be applied are Stufflebeam’s CIPP, Kirkpatrick’s Four Levels and Eisner’s Educational Connoisseurship.
An intensive field or laboratory experience in training, exercise physiology, exercise leadership, sports management, biomechanics, or sports and exercise psychology would be undertaken. Emphasis would be on independent fieldwork in which the student is attached to a sports team or fitness club in order to receive, practical experience in management, coaching or research. This will be done under the direction and supervision of expert practitioners as well as academics.
This course is an intensive examination of the critical components of successful and ethical professional practice and career building in sports performance. It examines the psychosocial determinants of high level performance and factors that affect maintenance of advance level performance. Issues to be discussed will include motivation, professional sports development practices, role of corporate bodies and management of social and psychological pressure.
This course reviews pedagogical trends in Physical Education in the emerging technologies and contemporary ways of doing things. This course examines contemporary pedagogical theories and their application in Physical Education. It examines the prospects and challenges of implementing practical Physical Education curricula in the era of Information Technology, distance learning and e-learning.
This course is designed to equip students with advanced principles and applications of sport marketing. The course explores marketing theory in a sports context. It covers marketing strategies as they relate to businesses, such as the sporting goods industry, branding, advertising, broadcasting and sponsorship. The course presents a comprehensive examination of basic marketing functions and concepts as applied to sports-related enterprise, including school/college sports programmes, fitness centres, etc. It involves the analysis of sports business problems that involve the creation, distribution, and sale of sporting goods and services. The course content includes areas such as marketing information systems, pricing strategies, media relations, promotional methods and endorsements, resolution of sport marketing problems, demand analysis, consumer analysis and market analysis.
This course provides opportunity for students to examine the philosophical, historical, sociological and scientific basis of inclusion of Health and Physical Education in the school curriculum. It also reviews various curriculum models in Physical Education and their suitability within a contemporary context. Special attention is paid to the implications of both the sports and health focus approach to curriculum development. The prospects and challenges in running a hybrid curriculum are examined.
This course will provide students with a critical overview of theory and research in leadership within the field of sports administration. The course will examine leadership as a process, focusing on the leader, the followers, and the situation. It will involve the analysis of the sports industry with special emphasis on the sports administrators’ role and functions as well as in-depth analysis of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling as they apply to the sports administrator. Students will have the opportunity to explore several leadership theories and their application in managing sports at different contextual levels, such as amateur, professional, club, national and international sports. This will include examination of different leadership approaches, skills, and dynamics as they affect the management process, and of the evolution of professional sports management practice. Key concepts of organizational theory will be applied to various structural components that address the management specifics of how to plan, organize, control, and direct a sports enterprise as well as decision-making and communication skills necessary to be an effective leader.
