SPCO320-12S2 (C) Semester Two 2012

Internship

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 9 July 2012
End Date: Sunday, 11 November 2012
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 22 July 2012
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 7 October 2012

Description

This is a culminating course which provides students with an introduction to a sport-related workplace of their choice, with a view to future employment or further study. The internship provides an opportunity for students to work professionally in their chosen field and put theoretical aspects of the BSpC programme into practice in an authentic setting. Students will develop critical reflection skills, technical and intra-personal and interpersonal skills to work successfully in professional environments in the sport coaching field.

Learning Outcomes

  •  Develop confidence, assertiveness, and decision-making abilities in a workplace setting

  •  Demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively in a work environment

  •  Synthesise theoretical sport science, socio-cultural and pedagogical teaching/coaching, and identify instances in the workplace setting

  •  Analyse and critique the workplace setting

  •  Plan, implement and evaluate an event, programme, or project by completion of the internship programme

  •  Understand and apply critically reflective practice

  •  Critically reflect on areas needing personal development and develop strategies to improve the situation

  •  Demonstrate safe and ethical practices

Prerequisites

Successful completion of required 100 level and 200 level courses from the Sport Coaching schedule

Restrictions

EDSP340

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Ian Culpan

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Portfolio 05 Oct 2012 100% Internship Portfolio of tasks: agreed work plan outlining all the required tasks, complete an agreed event, programme or project and keep a critically reflective journal

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Brookfield, Stephen; Becoming a critically reflective teacher ; 1st ed; Jossey-Bass, 1995.

Leberman, Sarah I. , Collins, Chris, Trenberth, Linda D; Sport business management in Aotearoa/New Zealand ; 2nd ed; Thomson Dunmore Press, 2006.

Required Texts and Readings

Course members will have access to texts and articles in the University of Canterbury libraries but are not required to purchase any texts. Materials relating to Internship expectations, procedures, and specific competencies for successful completion of the course will be given to students prior to the commencement of the Internship experience.


Recommended Reading
Ainsworth, S. (2005). Becoming a relational academic. Synergy, 22(2). Retrieved 27 February, 2007, from http://www.itl.usyd.edu.au/synergy/article.cfm?articleID=263.

Brookfield, S. D. (2007). Critical reflection.   Retrieved 27 February 2007, from http://www.resources.scalingtheheights.com/stephen_brookfield.htm.

King, R. M. & Hibbison, E. P. (2000). The importance of critical reflection in College teaching: Two reviews of Stephen Brookfield's book, Becoming a critically reflective teacher." Inquiry, 5(2): 1-11.

Privett, D. (2007). "Practice: Background to the practice of critical reflection." Retrieved 27 February, 2007, from http://www.island.net/.

Additional Course Outline Information

Academic integrity

All forms of cheating and dishonest practice are taken seriously and penalties will result.

Students should refer to General Course and Examination Regulation J: Dishonest Practice and Breach of Instructions in the University of Canterbury Calendar and the Assessment Guidelines for Students: Assessment, Referencing and Written Assignment Preparation for Physical Education and BSpC, Courses, in the BSpC coursebook

Assessment and grading system

Grading Scale
Grade      GPA       Marks
A+           9           90 – 100
A             8           85 – 89
A-            7           80 – 84
B+           6           75 – 79
B             5           70 – 74
B-            4           65 – 69
C+           3           60 – 64
C             2           55 – 59
C-            1           50 – 54
D             0           40 – 49
E             -1           0 – 39

Assessment against progressive standards of achievement
In this course students are assessed against defined standards that describe progressive levels of achievement.  

The final grade for the course is calculated by averaging the grades obtained for each assessment task and taking into account the weighting assigned to each piece of work.  

In order to obtain on overall passing grade students are required to obtain a C- grade or above for ALL assessment tasks in the course. See the Assessment Guidelines for Students: Assessment, Referencing and Written Assignment Preparation for Physical Education and BSpC Courses, for further information on grades and criteria.

The criteria used to assess students’ work vary according to the type of assessment but usually include the quality of organisation, evidence of wide reading, the ability to select appropriate material, the clarity and relevance of argument and evidence, originality and style.

For individual pieces of assessment, lecturers will generally use more specific criteria.

Attendance

Attendance is both expected and required.

Evaluation

Students will be asked to complete Course and Teacher Evaluations using UCTL evaluative instruments.

The Faculty of Education will conduct regular graduate surveys under the direction of the Dean of Education.

Grade moderation

All course assessments are moderated within courses and selected courses assessments are moderated externally.

A sample of your work may be used as part of the internal and external moderation process.

Regular Validation Meetings monitor the distribution of final grades in courses and adjustments are made if necessary to ensure reasonable consistency and comparability of course grades.

Late submission of work

Work is late if it is handed in after the due date.

If an assessment is submitted after the due date, without good reason, the lecturer may; choose not to mark the work and a fail grade will result or deduct marks consistent with the overdue period.

No assessment task will be accepted after a period of 3 days after the due date unless an extension has been granted.

Notes

Students should refer to the BSpC coursebook: Assessment Guidelines for Students: Assessment, Referencing and Written Assignment Preparation for Physical Education and BSpC for further information on course assessment.

Also, further information can be found in the UC calendar. The UC calendar is available online at: http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/publications/calendar.shtml.

Other specific requirements

All assessment tasks are required to be submitted and must have a cover sheet (available on-line), word count and referenced according to APA convention.

Information relating to APA referencing can be obtained from both the Central and Education Libraries. This is also available online at: http://library.canterbury.ac.nz/services/ref/apa/

Requests for extensions

Extensions will be granted at the discretion of the lecturer.

Requests for extensions must be submitted in writing on the appropriate form at least 48 hours prior to the due date. In exceptional circumstances, where this is not appropriate, the student should discuss their situation with the course lecturer as soon as possible.

Resubmissions

In order to pass this course students must have passed all assessment events with a C grade or better.

Students will have the opportunity to resubmit one failed piece of assessment that originally received a mark between 40% - 49%.

The resubmission will receive a maximum pass grade of 50%. Resubmissions will not apply to any examinations held during the University of Canterbury examination periods.

Aegrotat Considerations

Students should refer to General Course and Examination Regulation H: Aegrotat Consideration and Aegrotat Consideration: Procedures in the UC Calendar.

The UC calendar is available online at: http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/publications/calendar.shtml.

Where to submit and collect work

Lecturers may ask students to submit an electronic copy and a hardcopy for an assignment.

Lecturers will advise if hardcopy assessment tasks are to be submitted to the Student Academic Services Team in the  College Office in Orakipaoa.  

If electronic copies are also required to be submitted, an electronic ‘dropbox’ on the course ‘Learn’ site will be made available.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $619.00

International fee $2,863.00

* 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 Sport and Physical Education .

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