SPCO301-24S2 (D) Semester Two 2024 (Distance)

Sport Coaching and Leadership

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 15 July 2024
End Date: Sunday, 10 November 2024
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 28 July 2024
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 29 September 2024

Description

This course explores the role of sport coaching leadership in the NZ sport system. Employing a system-thinking approach, students will gain an in-depth knowledge of the NZ 'sport system' and the role that leadership plays within it. Students will also explore the interrelated nature of leadership, power and culture in sport coaching contexts and critically examine ways of managing change. Course content will be delivered through a combination of classroom and gymnasium based learning opportunities, including the completion of Sport New Zealand's Coach Developer programme.

Learning Outcomes

1. Critically analyse a range of leadership styles evident in sport coaching.
2. Evaluate and analyse organisational learning theory and consider the role that cognitive perspectives of learning have on organisational learning, culture and change.
3. Investigate and critique current trends and issues in the NZ sport system and consider ways to conceptualise and manage change within a variety of sport coaching and organisational contexts.
4. Critique the interrelatedness of leadership, power and culture on sport coaching and sport participation.

University Graduate Attributes

This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

Employable, innovative and enterprising

Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.

Globally aware

Students will comprehend the influence of global conditions on their discipline and will be competent in engaging with global and multi-cultural contexts.

Prerequisites

Course Coordinator

Glenn Fyall

Lecturer

Jackie Cowan

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Course Interaction & Engagement Tasks 20% (weekly)
Mid-term Online Test 23 Aug 2024 30%
Leadership Research Project OR Coach Developer Course Participation and Essay 18 Oct 2024 50%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $844.00

International fee $3,950.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Health Sciences .

All SPCO301 Occurrences

  • SPCO301-24S2 (C) Semester Two 2024
  • SPCO301-24S2 (D) Semester Two 2024 (Distance)
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