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.

Semester
2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences
Department
Educatiewetenschappen
Educational team
Marc Theeboom (course titular)
Hebe Schaillée
Tessa Commers
Activities and contact hours
39 contact hours Lecture
Course Content

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 sport-for-development programme in Brussels / Flanders

The assignment is a group effort and includes 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 sport-for-development programme

Additional info
A high degree of independence is expected from the students. The course includes several theoretical classes and a group work with a M&E goal. The groups will be requested to present their progress to the educational team and regular consultation moments will be organised to allow students to ask or receive feedback. Good cooperation (with clear task agreements) is also expected between the students and the external organisation with which each group will work.
Learning Outcomes

Algemene competenties

After completing the course, the student will:
  • be able to discuss the concept of social inclusion and frame it within the social vulnerability of young people
  • be able to critically discuss the relationship between sport and social inclusion of young people
  • have insight into the analytical framework to evaluate the relationship between sport and social inclusion of young people
  • be able to develop and implement a concrete measurement plan for measuring the impact of a specific social sports organisation
  • be able to present this plan in a clear way

Grading

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:

  • Praktijkopdracht with a relative weight of 100 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation
The following matters will determine the individual score:
  • Evaluation by the education team based on an evaluation matrix with indicators for the three sub-assignments (measurement plan, pilot study, communication strategy). The educational team will focus on the submitted work. This product evaluation by the education determines 50% of the final grade.
  • A grade for the final group presentation and Q&A session with the educational team, fellow students and (if possible) the external organisation(s) involved. This part of the evaluation determines 20% of the final grade.
  • Evaluation by the involved external organisation based on an evaluation matrix with indicators for the three sub-assignments (measurement plan, pilot study, communication strategy) and for the co-creative process. This product and process evaluation by the external organisation involved determines 30% of the final grade.
  • Correction of the individual mark by a peer evaluation via CANVAS. The individual grade is corrected by means of an individual weighting factor and determines 30% of the final score. The student's total score is not necessarily the same for all group members. If the peer evaluation is completed too late, an adjusted individual weighting factor will be applied.
The student must have participated in all assignments - in particular the three partial assignments, the final presentation including Q&A and the peer evaluation - for the assessment. If not, it will receive an 'absent' on the score sheet.
Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bridging Programme Master of Arts in Gender and Diversity: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)