| CODE | MSY2220 | ||||||
| TITLE | Management of Physical Education, Sports and Leisure | ||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 6 | ||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Health, Physical Education and Consumer Studies | ||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit introduces the students to the field of: - Sports, leisure and recreation management, the principles and approaches to management, leadership, communication, decision-making, team-building, motivation, risk management, public relations and marketing; - The roles of the members of the executive committee within a sport organisation; - Running a Physical Education department in a secondary school and organising major events, both within the school and the community setting; - Facility management; - Child protection in Sport; - Ethics and Good Practice in Physical Education and Sport. Learning Outcomes: At the end of the study-unit students will be able: - To understand the importance of managing people’s leisure and recreation and who are the main providers of these services; - To describe the roles of international and local major sports bodies including the IOC, MOC, and KMS (Malta Sports Council); - To demonstrate leadership and management skills in given tasks and to plan, organise and control a major event in the community or school setting, including tournaments, athletic meetings, fun runs and fund-raising activities; - To run a physical education department; - To organise sports events at school and community level; - To promote good practice in sport; - To recognise poor practice, abuse and bullying in sport; - To respond to disclosure, suspicions and allegations of abuse in sport. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Bull, C.; Hoose, J. & Weed, M. (2003). An Introduction to Leisure Studies. Essex: Pearson Education. - Byl, J. (2014). Organizing Successful Tournaments (4th ed.) Champaign, Illinois: Human Kinetics. - European Physical Education Association -EUPEA (2002). Code of Ethics and Good Practice Guide. Gent: EUEPA. - Dougherty, N. (2010). Principles of Safety in Physical Education and Sport (4th ed). Leeds: Human Kinetics. - Torkildsen, G. (2010). Leisure and Recreation Management (6th ed.) London: Spon Press. - Hurd, A.R, Barcelona, R.J, & Meldrum, J.T, (2008). Leisure Services Management. Leeds: Human Kinetics |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Andrew Decelis |
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