Topic: Case study on gifted and talented elite athletes

Order Description

Module Aims:

The module aims to develop innovative and critical thinkers in relation to the identification and development of both talented academic and sporting young people in the fields of physical education and sport. Through critical analysis students will explore multi-disciplinary theories and models that attempt to explain the development of talented and gifted young people. Students will be required to critically evaluate and synthesise current physical education and sport policy that facilitates the development of talented young people. In addition, students will critically engage with a variety of projects and assessment tools that are used to identify talented young people in both an academic and physical education and sport setting.

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of this module students will be able to demonstrate the following:

Knowledge and Understanding

Knowledge and understanding of models and theories underpinning talent identification and development.
Knowledge and understanding of physical, psychological and sociological characteristics of a talented young person.

Cognitive Skills

An ability to independently synthesise and evaluate a variety of theoretical frameworks, models and assessment methods that underpin talent identification and development.

Performance and Practice

The ability to plan, devise and deliver a variety of talent identification assessments
The ability to apply and utilise key theoretical approaches to the identification of talented young people. .

Personal and Enabling Skills

The ability to communicate effectively in a range of practical situations relating to working with gifted and talented young people.

Engage with a wide range of enabling skills that support gifted and talented young people though their journey.

An ability to critically evaluate and reflect their own practice

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Dear the writer, welcome aboard! this is a case study on an elite athlete who i have chosen. i have done the data collection consisting of a questionnaire, which is uploaded, i had audio recorded the questionnaire via mp4 which is also uploaded so please try ad base the results from the athlete combined with aone theory and model. please be critical when writing. create an argument on which recent research in sport psychology has defined ‘expert’ athletes. explore the rationale for using such athletes, evaluate the conclusions that research in this field draws about the nature of expertise. go through the developmental pathway, so the trauma that has happened along the way. for example the shin splints my athlete had, her age… introduction should consist of: biography of athlete, training andsupport of the athlete, link thesupport to models and theories. main body: chooseone theme and model to talk about then integrate it through the athletes biography summary: are they reaching their potential? good references are from Ericsson and Cote an example of theories and models is the RAE – relative age effect remember to talk about what kind of sacrifice they had to make, and what kind ofsupport they had