SR2S155 - Physical Education and School Sport 01 Sep 2024 - 31 Aug 2030 | Version 7

Associated Module Information

Module Code: SR2S155
Module Title: Physical Education and School Sport
Faculty: Faculty of Life Sciences and Education
Faculty Group: Sport
Faculty Sub Group: Sports Coaching
Module Leader: Stuart Jarvis
Module Team: Tony Wallis, Chris Emsley, Marek Ellis-Ebbrell, Danny Byrne, Melanie Tuckwell
First Intended Intake: SEP 2024 Final Year of Intake: 2029
Date Closed:
Credit Value: 20 Credit Level: 5
Language: English
Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: 0
Equivalent Module:
HECOS codes: 100096 - sports development
HECOS Code Weighting: 100

Document Version Information

Version 7
Valid From 01 Sep 2024
Valid To 31 Aug 2030

Module Aims

This module is designed to analyse the role of the PE teacher and sports coach, both within Primary and Secondary education and offer an insight into the contemporary initiatives that focus on School Sport provision with an emphasis on Government involvement and/or intervention. In addition, the module will increase student’s awareness and understanding of the factors that impact on and limit young people’s participation in PE and school sport. Introduce the concept of Physical Literacy and its importance to PE and school sport and the Health and 

Well Being strand of the Curriculum for Wales. 

Content Summary

On completion of the module students will demonstrate an in-depth awareness of Physical Education and School Sport. Areas of study, will include: PE and school sport policy, Primary/Secondary school participation, barriers to participation in school sport, transition periods in school sport, becoming the primary/secondary PE teacher, PE and school sport initiatives (Wales and the UK), partnerships in PE and school sport, Physical Literacy, the role of the Sports Coach in physical education, the role of extra-curricular school sport. The module will be delivered via a combination of practical classes, workshops, and seminar sessions, supported by independent learning and the use of blackboard. 

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Seminars 24
Practical classes and workshops 24
Independent Study 100
Directed Study (including online independent learning) 52
Total Hours Selected 200

Learning Outcomes

# Learning Outcome
LO1 Apply understanding of the key components required to construct an effective program of study, which is aligned to the national curriculum for PE in the UK and/or specific to its delivery in Wales.
LO2 Critically discuss and present key issues in relation to the delivery of PE and school sport.

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category Assessment Type Description Duration Word Count Weight (%) Best of? Pass Mark
Asynchronous Assessment Essay 1 Students will be required to develop a structured programme of work which is relevant to physical education and the specific development of children and/or adolescent children. 0 2000 50 No 40
Synchronous Onsite Oral Assessment Oral Assessment (Internally assessed, Onsite) 1 A test of the application of knowledge and understanding by means of a discussion where students will work in small teams to solve an industry related problem surrounding the effective delivery of Physical Literacy and Physical Education by educators and/or sports practitioners. 30 N/A 50 No 40

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type Learning Outcomes
LO1 LO2
Essay 1
Oral Assessment (Internally assessed, Onsite) 1

Reading List

Physical Education and School Sport (SR2S155) | University of South Wales (talis.com)

1 Griggs, G & Randall, V. (eds) (2022) An Introduction to Physical Education. (2nd Edition). United Kingdom, Routledge. Capel, S. & Whitehead, M (eds) (2020) Debates in Physical Education. United Kingdom, Routledge. 

  1. Whithead, M. (eds) (2019). Physical Literacy Across the World. United Kingdom, Routledge 

  1. Stafford. I. (2011). Coaching Children in Sport, New York: Routledge. 

  1. Haywood, K. M., & Getchell, N. (eds.) (2021) Life Span Motor Development (7th Edition) Human Kinetics. 

  1. Griggs, G & Petrie, K. (2020) Routledge Handbook of Primary Physical Education (3rd Edition) United Kingdom, Routledge