Module Code - Title:
SS6133
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RESEARCH PROJECT 2 SPORTS COACHING
Year Last Offered:
2024/5
Hours Per Week:
Grading Type:
N
Prerequisite Modules:
Rationale and Purpose of the Module:
This module provides the student with an opportunity to undertake an experimentally-based (empirical) project that challenges or develops further a current concept or to propose a new concept related to sports coaching. The project is the major component of independent work and draws on the knowledge, skills and competences developed in earlier modules. This module is M graded and linked to Research Project 1 Sports Coaching (2923).
Syllabus:
A project may be undertaken by more than one student clustered around a central focus supervised by one or more members of the faculty staff.
Normally, projects will challenge an hypothesis related to sports coaching. The rationale for the hypothesis will have been developed within the context of the extant literature. An appropriate research design will have been developed within the Research Methods and Research development modules. Students may have competence in the experimental methods required to undertake the study or may be required to develop novel methods of enquiry as part of the project. Data analysis will draw primarily on the knowledge and skills provided in the Research Methods modules, though supervisors may introduce new methods of analysis where appropriate. Discussion and relevant outcomes will normally be presented in relation to the future development of sports coaching.
Learning Outcomes:
Cognitive (Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis)
- Demonstrate an understanding of the current framework of research evidence related to the subject area of the project
- Recall and evaluate theoretical concepts related to the subject area of the project
- Recollect and discriminate between available techniques used in relation to the subject area of the project
- Draw upon and apply knowledge and skill acquired in previous undergraduate and current taught graduate degree programme to the subject area of the project
-Demonstrate proficiency in the techniques required to undertake empirical
research into sports coaching
-Demonstrate proficiency in the ability to organise and manage empirical
research into sports coaching
Affective (Attitudes and Values)
-Demonstrate an appreciation of independent research in the study of sports coaching
-Show understanding of and value good research practice in undertaking research in sport coaching
-Display an awareness of advanced analysis of research data related to the subject area of the project
Psychomotor (Physical Skills)
N/A
How the Module will be Taught and what will be the Learning Experiences of the Students:
Regular contact with supervisor (approximately 1 hour per week).
Research Findings Incorporated in to the Syllabus (If Relevant):
Prime Texts:
Nelson, Groom, and Potrac (Eds) (2014)
Research Methods in Sports Coaching
, London Routledge
Sparkes AC, Smith B (2013)
Qualitative Research Methods in Sport, Exercise and Health
, London: Routledge
Other Relevant Texts:
Programme(s) in which this Module is Offered:
Semester(s) Module is Offered:
Summer
Module Leader:
philip.kearney@ul.ie