Edge Hill University, BA (Hons), Physical Education and School Sport

In the 1st year, the student follows a foundation year programme; to provide the student with a secure grounding in many different aspects of sport and physical activity, modules introduce: social and management aspects of sport; fundamental sport and exercise disciplines and principles; practical performance enhancement opportunities across a range of sports and activities; academic and personal development through the acquisition of key vocational and transferable skills; this provides both a broad foundation in the study of sport, physical activity and physical education and some flexibility of movement between courses at the end of year 1; in years 2 and 3 the student follows dedicated physical education modules which include: safeguarding children in sport and physical education; the analysis of movement; the physiological components of human performance; the history and development of physical education; expressive movement introduces dance and gym as areas of activity, each with its own philosophy and required skills; the physical education module covers the practice of physical education across the key stages in the national curriculum (NCPE); year 3 includes a dissertation, building on the student’s research skills and subject specific knowledge; it involves the gathering of information in real settings and enhances the student’s knowledge of an aspect of physical education that is of particular interest to them; the student also studies child development, physical education and the community, and the social, political, economic and cultural influences on physical education.

This course enables the student to develop practical knowledge, skills and understanding of educating through the medium of physical activity; through modules which develop practical and theoretical knowledge across the entire length of a child's compulsory schooling, the student develops an understanding of links between the affective, social, cognitive and physical domains central to every child's development; the course follows a non-QTS physical education programme.