Talent Development in Sport

The module (SPOR10057) will challenge and encourage students to critically explore and analyse three main aspects of talent development: i) the identification of talent, ii) the nurturing of talent, and iii) the talent development environment.  Each aspect will be covered from a traditional and contemporary perspective, with case studies from across a variety of sports utilised to demonstrate the application of key theoretical concepts in the field.  The module seeks to develop the student's critical analysis skills through the assessment, questioning and dissecting of historical and current approaches to each of the three areas. 

Upon completion of the module, students will understand the processes behind the identification of talent, the development of talent and the development environment and also be able to critically appraise and analyse the effectiveness of these areas with the support of academic literature.

This is an SCQF Level 10 module, and upon successful completion, participants will be awarded 10 credits.

To view the module descriptor, please visit Programme Specifications and Module Descriptors 

Delivery 

This module will be delivered at the Lanarkshire campus.  Timetable to be confirmed.

Course presenter

This module will be delivered by Dr Kieren Elder. 

NOTE: This is a university module and upon approval of your application, you will be invited to register and then supported to complete enrolment. To enrol on the university system, the first step involves security set-up using the Microsoft Authenticator app; you will need to ensure that you have a compatible smartphone.

Further enrolment information is available at the Student Information Portal.

To access this module via the CPD route, individuals should be ordinarily resident in Scotland.