Year One

Professional Issues in Coaching and Teaching 

This module aims to address contemporary topics relating to the professional issues surrounding teaching and coaching whilst exploring and debating current developments in both professions.

Knowledge and Understanding of Individual Activities (Aesthetics) 

This module aims to analyse in detail movement related to gymnastics and dance. You will explore gymnastics in its broadest sense within elements identified as Formal, Educational, Sporting and Rhythmic. The application of biomechanical principles, including Laban technique, will be used in the evaluation of gymnastic and dance performance. Within dance, the aim is to explore dance composition, performance and appreciation.

Foundations of Movement and Principles of Games 

Explore the teaching of games with a developmental focus. You will learn to break down simple skills into key components to help children learn and understand. 

Principles of Play Through Invasion Games 

You will participate in a range of practical sessions that will examine attacking and defensive principles of play, and analyse the technical and tactical aspects of performance when applying different principles of play to invasion games.

Fundamental Movement Skills and Child Development 

This module aims to develop your knowledge of fundamental movement skills (FMS) and child maturation. Emphasis will be placed on how Physical Education teachers and sport coaches facilitate developmentally appropriate pedagogy.

Active Schools 

Explore the issues surrounding Physical Education and its role in the health and activity agenda.  Consideration of personal and social barriers and facilitators within and outside the school environment will also be given.

The Enquiring Practitioner 1

While learning the technical components involved in the teaching and coaching of specific skills, you will also be introduced to fundamental biomechanical principles which impact performance. The module will apply research and enquiry to real-life lived experiences that are associated with graduate destinations.

Developing Professional and Academic Skills 

This module aims to help you make the transition between UK qualifications levels three and four (Year One at university) by advancing intellectual and academic skills, which will support you throughout your programme. As part of the developing professional skills part of this module you will focus on issues surrounding employability and developing graduate employability skills. 

Year Two

Pedagogy for Activity 

This module aims to further your understanding as to the ‘why’ surrounding physical activity through Physical Education. You will develop your knowledge and personal philosophy as to what you believe you want to deliver, how, and why, in accordance with school and Governmental policies. 

Striking and Fielding/Net and Wall Games 

While learning the technical components involved in the teaching and coaching of specific skills, you will also be introduced to fundamental biomechanical principles which impact performance.

Purposeful Practice for Games-Based Physical Education 

You will participate in a range of practical sessions that will explore different types of practice and have the opportunity to design practices for developing technical, tactical, and/or physical aspects of games-based performance.   

Option Group B: Muscles and Movement – Anatomy in Motion 

An introduction to the basic concepts of anatomy and biomechanics as they relate to human movement and performance in sport and exercise. You are shown how such concepts can be practically investigated and will illustrate the integrative nature of anatomy and biomechanics.

Option Group B: Working with Individuals 

This module focuses on the multi-faceted process of the coach-athlete and teacher-pupil relationship. Drawing on contemporary psychological research which places this relationship at the centre of athlete and pupil development, this module will explore the sources, nature, and synthesis of sports specific and psychological theory and its application in the development of sporting competence in athletes and pupils.

Pedagogical Skills in Track & Field Athletics and Swimming 

This module aims to provide you with an opportunity to develop your knowledge, understanding, and personal performance of track and field athletics events and swimming strokes. You may have the opportunity to apply your knowledge and understanding of technical aspects, by planning and leading small group sessions.

Understanding and Managing Individual Differences 

Build on your understanding of effective teaching and coaching by understanding and applying principles of equality and inclusive practice.

Option Group A: Pedagogy of Outdoor and Adventurous Activities 

Through theoretical, practical, and residential experiences the module seeks to provide you with an understanding of the activities that are implicit to the programme and an appreciation of the principles that underpin outdoor learning more generically. This module aims to provide you with an understanding of Outdoor and Adventurous Activities at KS3/KS4.

Option Group A: Reflection: Developing Your Teaching and Coaching 

This module aims to provide an opportunity to select and develop specialist areas of interest. You will be required to develop skills in introspection, reflection, and reflective practice drawing upon theoretical concepts relating to pedagogy of sport and education. You will agree a suitable programme of work within a professional context of your choice which will involve you immersing yourselves in the culture and practices of this working environment.

Option Group B: Critical Issues in Physical Education and Sports Coaching 

Option Group B: Fundamentals of Human Physiology 

You will cover the fundamental principles of Human Physiology by examining how key systems such as the musculoskeletal system, the cardio-vascular system, and the respiratory system affect human performance.

The Enquiring Practitioner 2 

You will cover the fundamental principles of Human Physiology by examining how key systems such as the musculoskeletal system, the cardio-vascular system, and the respiratory system affect human performance.

Year Three

The Research Dissertation 

This module is the culmination of previous learning and is the major element of your independent enquiry on your programme.  The module requires that students reflect on, and utilise the knowledge base, context, and application of taught modules, as well as placement experiences. It is designed to encourage you to generate and explore your own `problem' assisted by supervision from a tutor. 

Teaching Approaches and Behaviours in Invasion Games 

You will have the opportunity to lead practical sessions with a focus on a particular teaching approach. You will need to critically reflect on the different teaching approaches and how the pedagogical behaviours influence performance and learning within these approaches. 

Active Schools: Mental Health and Wellbeing 

The module aims to analyse the contribution of sport and physical activity to mental health and wellbeing. The influence of the role of teachers/coaches and pedagogical practice on the growing and developing brain will be examined. 

Option Group A: Off-Site Educational Trips for Outdoor Learning 

This module aims to use a residential experience at an outdoor centre to explore the application of different Outdoor and Adventurous Activities teaching methods to fulfill a range of pupil needs.

Option Group B: Applied Social Issues in Physical Education and Sports Coaching 

Option Group B: Planning and Monitoring of Training and Performance 

Focus on planning and monitoring the training of athletes and how a programme of physiological support can be used to enhance performance. You will engage in current literature identifying the physiological demands of the athletes chosen sport, key measures of physical fitness, and how we can enhance them. 

Option Group A: Practical Applications for Coaching and Teaching 

This module aims to provide you with blended learning opportunities via university-based work that develops and enhances depth of knowledge when working practically with performers. It is aimed to run concurrently with the Practical Pedagogy (Placement) module so that you can apply theory to the practical coaching and teaching environments within your micro sessions and placement context.

Option Group B: Biomechanics in Sport & Exercise 

The emphasis will be on the application of biomechanics in the assessment, evaluation, and improvement of technique in a range of sports. Practical experiences will include the role of biomechanical kinetic and kinematic assessment in the analysis of sport and the ways we can use technology to aid our understanding of complex skills. 

Option Group B: Working with Teams 

This module focuses on the requirements of effective coaching delivery within groups and teams. Building on the content of Working with Individuals, this module will critically analyse and address the knowledge and skills necessary to work with groups of athletes across key coaching contexts. You will understand how to assess the needs of a group, and the individuals within, and address this in your planning and delivery. 

Practical Pedagogy (Placement) 

An opportunity to experience a placement within a practical setting. This module aims to develop and refine pedagogical skills so that you can enhance pupil/performer progress and learning within a practical environment.