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Cultivating an Online Sociology of Sport Community: The Purpose of the Sociology of Sport

BSA Sport Study Group Free Online Teaching and Research Workshop

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Wednesday 23 September, Solent University, Southampton

This online one-day workshop will provide a space for sociologists of sport to discuss their teaching curriculum, methods and share good practice. With the move to online and blended learning this is an excellent time to come together and share and learn from our fellow sociologists. We have much to learn from each other, through discussing how we navigate justifying our subject, how we engage students with sociological theories, methods, and social justice to develop our own professional teaching practice and curricula. 

We understand one of the key challenges in teaching the sociology of sport is making the subject relevant and applied to students who may have not chosen to study sociology, and whose experiences and interests may be more aligned to practical subject areas. This challenge may be exacerbated by online delivery methods.

This workshop programme is online, free, interactive, and provides a space for discussion and dialogue.

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Programme of events

Morning session

10-10.20am
Registration (log in), Welcome to the event

10.20-11am
KEYNOTE
Sociology of Sport and Social Justice
Jayne Caudwell

11.15am - 12.30pm
PANEL
Why teach the sociology of sport and how is it relevant to students and other sport colleagues?
Chair: Philippa Velija (Solent University)
Panel: Kola Adeosun (Solent University), Alex Channon (Brighton University), Jess Macbeth (UCLan)

We will ask those joining the event to email their questions in advance.

Lunch

Afternoon session

1.30-2.30pm
WORKSHOP 1
Sharing our sociology curriculum
Facilitated by the organisers, this workshop will ask those taking part to send their curriculum in advance - will we provide a template and collate this for a group chat discussion and dialogue.

2.30-3pm
Break

3-4pm
WORKSHOP 2
Methods of delivery
Facilitated by the organisers, this session aims to focus on how we teach and explore people who have utilised these on their modules. 

  • 3-3.30pm: Using Microsoft Teams with students - Jess Macbeth and Andy Sprake (UCLan)
  • 3.30-4pm: Enquiry-based learning online - Mark Mierzwinski (York St John)

4-4.30pm
GROUP DISCUSSION
Teaching remotely

Group discussion and sharing of ideas questions to those in Workshop 2

4.30pm
Close of events, evaluation and discussion for future sessions

5-6pm
Online social event

Registration

Register online to secure your place

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We will send you a link to the online event nearer the start of the event.

Solent University contacts

Dr Philippa Velija, Head of Education and SociologyDr Philippa Velija
philippa.velija@solent.ac.uk

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Dr Catherine Phipps, LecturerDr Catherine Phipps
catherine.phipps@solent.ac.uk

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Kola Adeosun, LecturerKola Adeosun
kola.adeosun@solent.ac.uk

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Conference information

The conference will be delivered online - we will send you a link nearer the start of the event.

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About Solent University

Our courses

Solent University's School of Sport, Health and Social Sciences offers more than 11 undergraduate sport programmes and over 1,000 students a year study a sport-related subject.

The Sociology of Sport is taught as a core module across several undergraduate degrees, from physical education to football studies.

Discover our sport and fitness courses

Our facilities

Solent has excellent facilities for our students across all subject areas.

For our sports students, our new Sports Complex has a fully-equipped teaching gym and physiotherapy suite, and our sports science labs offer students the opportunity to use industry-standard equipment as part of their learning.

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