6 ECTS credits
180 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 1021504BNR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (B) Bachelor - advanced level.
Central in this course are youth in socially vulnerable position in an urban context. The emphasis is on the meaning of leisure participation for their personal and social development. There is a specfic focus on the relation between sport and social inclusion. After all, sport is increasingly being used as a means to help achieve social objectives. A growing number of practices and interventions make use of sport to address the needs of individuals and groups that are not provided with specific solutions by the market or welfare state. Among others, sport is used to increase employability of low-educated youth, to facilitate social reintegration of detainees after their release or as a context for people with a diverse ethnic and/or social-cultural background to meet each other. For a long time most of these initiatives were under the radar. However more recently, the potential of sport to aim for broader social objectives has increasingly been recognised on different policy levels (local and international). A lot of these initiatives are targeting youth in socially vulnerable position within an urban context.
This course will (1) discuss the concept ‘social inclusion’ and ‘social vulnerability of youth’; (2) provide a critical overview of the expectations many have with regard to the relation between sport and social inclusion of youth; (3) give an analytical framework how this relation can be evaluated; (4) discuss inspiring cases both at home and abroad and (5) give example on how impact of social sport practices can be measured.
Practice:
• Developing an impact plan, pilot study including reporting on the impact of a social (sports) program in Brussels / Flanders
The assignment is worked out in group and contains the following sub-assignments:
• Part A: Developing an impact plan with a specific focus on determining a research design (choice of evaluation method, data collection techniques, indicators ...)
• Part B: Pilot study consisting of data collection including analysis and sense-making
• Part C: Reporting on the impact of a social (sports) program
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The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
PRAC Teamwork determines 100% of the final mark.
Within the PRAC Teamwork category, the following assignments need to be completed:
The following will help determine the individual score:
• Evaluation by the education team based on an evaluation matrix with indicators for the three subtasks (measurement plan, pilot study, communication strategy). The education team will focus on the work submitted. This product evaluation by the education team determines 50% of the final grade.
• Points for the final group presentation and defence of the group members on the questions posed by the education team, fellow students or the practice organisations involved. For this part, a score is provided per group. This part of the evaluation determines 20% of the final grade.
• Evaluation by the involved organisations based on an evaluation matrix with indicators for the three subtasks (measurement plan, pilot study, communication strategy) and for the co-creative process. This product and process evaluation by the practice organisation involved determines 30% of the final grade.
• Correction of the individual grade by a peer evaluation via CANVAS. The individual grade is corrected by means of an individual weighting factor and determines 30% of the final grade. The total score of the student is not necessarily the same for all group members. An adjusted individual weighting factor will be applied in case of late completion of the peer evaluation.
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Adult Education: Profile Social Studies (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Adult Education: Abridged Profile Social Studies (only offered in Dutch)
Bridging Programme Master of Science in Adult Education: Profile Sociale Agogiek (only offered in Dutch)
Bridging Programme Master of Arts in Philosophy and Moral Sciences: Gender and Diversity (only offered in Dutch)
Preparatory Programme Master of Science in Adult Education: Profile Social Studies (only offered in Dutch)