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    Overview

    Practicums, internships and placements offer students the chance to apply knowledge from their degree to support their development of professional 'knowing' and judgement.

    About this paper

    Paper title Practicum
    Subject Sport, Physical Education and Exercise
    EFTS 0.15
    Points 18 points
    Teaching period Full Year (On campus)
    Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) $1,173.30
    International Tuition Fees Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website.
    Prerequisite
    54 200-level SPEX points and a further 18 200-level points
    Schedule C
    Arts and Music, Science
    Notes
    Only available to students in the Physical Education, Activity and Health; Exercise and Sport Science; or Sports Development and Management major subjects.
    Contact

    marguerita.lazar@otago.ac.nz

    Teaching staff

    Course Co-ordinators: Marguerita Lazar, and Emily Scott

    Paper Structure

    This paper can be completed either as a placement or by a variety of practicum courses. Please note that practicum opportunities vary within each semester, therefore students should contact the course co-ordinators if wishing to complete this paper in a single semester.

    Textbooks

    There is no compulsory textbook. A reading list will be provided where relevant to complement each aspect of the paper.

    Graduate Attributes Emphasised
    Global perspective, Lifelong learning, Communication, Critical thinking, Research, Self-motivation, Teamwork.
    View more information about Otago's graduate attributes.
    Learning Outcomes
    • Examine how exercise, sport and health organisations function in national and international settings (global perspective)
    • Assimilate theoretical, practice-based, ethical and situational data to arrive at workable solutions that meet organisational or client goals (critical thinking, teamwork)
    • Analyse and make informed comment on their own and others' professional practices in an organisation, through experience and reflection (research, critical thinking)
    • Build productive working relationships with group members and colleagues (teamwork, communication)
    • Articulate the relevance of previous personal and educational experiences to the situated (course internship or placement) environment (lifelong learning)
    • Improve skills in listening, reading, reasoning, and questioning that enable independent learning (self-motivation)
    • Develop skills in presenting and communicating written and verbal information on issues related to particular sport, exercise or health organisations and their practices (communication)

    Timetable

    Full Year

    Location
    Dunedin
    Teaching method
    This paper is taught On Campus
    Learning management system
    Blackboard
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