International Sports Study Tour: Communities

Unit code: SES3001 | Study level: Undergraduate
12
(Generally, 1 credit = 10 hours of classes and independent study.)
Footscray Park
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Overview
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Overview

This unit of study 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 a range of community contexts in an international setting. The focus of this unit is for the student to begin to gain an understanding of their cultural values and then explore the language, culture and sport, exercise and recreation system 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 direct participatory engagement with a variety of sport, exercise and recreation based communities and organisations such as attending professional sporting events, participating in facilitated recreational and adventure based activities, joining in grass roots practice, and incidental physical activity. This will result in a broadening of your experience and understanding communities of practice and professional practice and result in an ability to engage more critically, and with greater diversity, to one's own communities of practice and professional practice. 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.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

  1. Compare various communities of practice and professional practice related to sport, exercise and recreation in an international setting;
  2. Explain the major cultural and social influences that come to shape these communities of practice and professional practices;
  3. Develop skills in observation and analysis and use these to assess the strengths and weaknesses of various communities of practice and professional practice; and,
  4. Relate the experience of being involved in communities of practice and professional practice in an international setting to one's own sport, exercise and recreation communities and profession in Australia.

Assessment

For Melbourne campuses

Assessment type: Other
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Grade: Pass/Fail
Photo essay of community practices and professional practice in sport, exercise and recreation settings
Assessment type: Journal
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Grade: Pass/Fail
Reflexive Journal

Required reading

As part of a course

This unit is not compulsory for any specific course. Depending on the course you study, this unit may be taken as an elective.

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