SE737-7-SP-CO:
Developmental Issues in Sport and Exercise
2023/24
Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences (School of)
Colchester Campus
Spring
Postgraduate: Level 7
Current
Monday 15 January 2024
Friday 22 March 2024
15
06 October 2022
Requisites for this module
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SE903
MSC C60212 Sport and Exercise Science,
MSC C60512 Sport and Exercise Psychology
This module compares physiological responses to exercise of children and adolescents with those of adults examining the effects of age, sex and maturation. Students will examine the role that physical activity and fitness can play in improving markers of health and wellbeing in young people; an increasingly important area of study due to the evidence, from work at the University of Essex showing declines in children's fitness. This module explains the immediate and possible future benefits of physical activity and exercise for the health and wellbeing of healthy children and young athletes
Students will learn how to evaluate growth, maturation, adiposity, physical activity and fitness in children and adolescents; including training in data treatment and analytical procedures that are specific to paediatric exercise science.
* To enable students to contrast the acute and chronic exercise response of children and adolescents with those of adults.
* Evaluate national and international surveillance of children's growth, physical activity and fitness.
* To provide students with an understanding of best practice in promoting health and fitness through physical activity.
On successful completion of this module, the student will be able to:
1. Contrast the acute physiological responses to exercise in children and adolescents with those of adults.
2. Show understanding of methods used to determine maturation, body composition, physical activity and fitness in children and adolescents.
3. Demonstrate an understanding of how to obtain, treat and analyse data pertaining to childrens: body dimensions, maturation, physical activity, fitness and psychological well-being.
4. Discuss the socio-geographical factors associated with children's' physical and psychological health and the role of schools in promoting physical activity interventions.
5. Critically evaluate contemporary talent identification and development pathways in sport.
Syllabus:
* Ethical considerations safeguarding and special considerations for working with youth athletes and schoolchildren
* Understanding of the physiology of exercise during growth and maturation and of the measurement and interpretation of young people's performance.
* Understanding of the relationships between fitness, physical activity and health during growth and maturation. Fundamental to the module is an understanding of the distinction between fitness and physical activity with respect to health related outcomes.
* The obesity epidemic, the inactivity epidemic and temporal trends in children's health behaviours.
* Talent identification and development pathways in UK sport – barriers to participation and the relative age effect
* Critical evaluation of current policies and recommendations for physical activity during childhood and adolescence.
* Designing and implementing paediatric health and fitness surveillance
* Critical evaluation of policy and practice in promoting and evaluating physical activity interventions in schools.
* Pedagogical concepts in physical activity for health promotion and sport in youth.
10 x 2 hour lecture/seminar sessions
3 x 2 hour computer lab or practical laboratory sessions.
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography for this year.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Lesson Plan |
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100% |
| Exam |
Main exam: Remote, Open Book, 180 minutes during Summer (Main Period)
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| Exam |
Reassessment Main exam: Remote, Open Book, 180 minutes during September (Reassessment Period)
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Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Prof Gavin Sandercock, email: gavins@essex.ac.uk.
Professor Gavin Sandercock and Dr Henry Chung
gavins@essex.ac.uk
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No
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Dr Andrew John Manley
Leeds Beckett University
Head of Subject (Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences)
Available via Moodle
Of 33 hours, 33 (100%) hours available to students:
0 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s), module, or event type.
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