Summative

Assessment 1 is a 15-minute video diary or a 1500-word written reflection.

The video diary entries should be 2-3 minutes in length. For the written reflection, reflective accounts of five meaningful experiences (totalling 300 words per experience) should be produced. This assessment will require information on organisational analysis, the mission of the organisation, your personal role and responsibilities within the organisation, whilst reflecting upon your experience and development over the duration of the placement. This will assess learning outcomes 1 and 2.

Formative

Formative assessment will form a key aspect of preparing students for their summative assessment. All students will receive a formative assessment opportunity as part of the module.

The module aims to provide you with the opportunity to learn experientially through a placement experience. Throughout the teaching material and resources, there will be a focus on the organisation that you conduct your placement with and their organisational structure, mission, market, as well as the operational elements of specific roles within sport, exercise and/or physical education organisations. You will explore your own personal and professional development by reflecting on your own areas of strength and weakness in relation to the industry. Reflective practice will be explored and specific frameworks for you to base your reflective practice around, for example, Kolb’s Experiential Learning Cycle (1984). Personal and professional development, how to reflect in and on-action and professional standards whilst on placement will form the majority of the learning content within this module. This will therefore enable you to adequately reflect on your learning journey as you undertake your placement.

1. Communicate the placement experience and your learning from it in an appropriate format.

Learning Outcome: PLO6; Communication, PLO7; Reflection

2. Reflect upon and critically evaluate your own experiences during the placement and identify your own future development needs.

Learning Outcome: PLO2; Application and Problem Solving, PLO7; Reflection

A blended approach will be utilised on this module as a mixture of online and face-to-face lectures supplemented with self-led learning and reflection whilst on placement. You will have the opportunity to observe, participate and evaluate within a range of industry opportunities.

Blackboard

Microsoft Teams

Classroom and IT facilities

Jackson, D., & Trede, F. (2020). The role of reflection after placement experiences to develop self-authorship among higher education students. In Enriching Higher Education Students' Learning through Post-work Placement Interventions (pp. 189-208). Springer, Cham.

Sykes, C., & Dean, B. A. (2013). A practice-based approach to student reflection in the workplace during a work-integrated learning placement. Studies in Continuing Education, 35(2), 179-192.

Students should also source their own literature surrounding their work-based learning experience.

The opportunity to work and gain valuable experience within the industry is a key fundamental of this module. Reflecting upon your individual skill set will enable you to tailor your placement experience to your own development. This is an excellent opportunity to build knowledge, network, develop contacts and above all else gain experience in line with your own career aspirations.