International Sports Study Tour: Practicum

This unit is designed for students enrolled in the College of Sport and Exercise Science and acts to facilitate international experiences and learning opportunities. Specifically, this unit will call upon students to utilise the skills, knowledge and expertise that they have developed during their degree in practical and hands on scenarios in an international setting. The focus of this unit is for students to begin to gain an understanding of their own cultural values and then explore the language, culture and sport, exercise and recreation systems of the country that they are visiting, by engaging in reflection about a series of real life intercultural teaching and learning experiences. These experiences will be grounded primarily within socio-cultural experiences linked to the specific outcomes of the various study tours being undertaken volunteering in international sport and exercise settings such as schools, facilities and clubs. This will result in a broadening of the students experience and understanding of sport, exercise and recreation resulting in an ability to engage more critically, and with greater diversity, on one's return to Australia. This unit is designed for students in 2nd and 3rd years and enrolment in this unit is subject to an application process that requires approval from the course coordinator.