Diploma in Outdoor and Physical Education Studies

Modules List( 47 )

• Module 1: Adventure Activities
• Module
  1 Meaning of adventure
  • Meaning of adventure This free online course is an introduction to the meaning of adventure and covers topics such as exploration, experimentation and competence in adventure . The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.
  • The Meaning of Adventure
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  • The meaning of adventure
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  • Peak adventure
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  • Misadventure and devastation and disaster
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  • The Meaning of Adventure: Key elements
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  • Exploration and experimentation
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  • Aspects of confidence
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  • Danger under control
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  • Competence, degree of difficulty and risk
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  • Rafting on the Snowy River
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  • A high ropes course (Cathedral Ranges)
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  2 Characteristics of adventure
  • Characteristics of adventure This free online course reviews the characteristics of adventure such as the size of groups, women and adventure, safety issues and cost. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.
  • Charcteristics of Adventure: Safety
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  • Charcteristics of Adventure: Women in Adventure Activities
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  • Charcteristics of Adventure: Size of group
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  • Charcteristics of Adventure
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  • Charcteristics of Adventure: Cost
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  • Charcteristics of Adventure
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  • Charcteristics of Adventure: Physical and Emotional Safety
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  3 Motivation for adventure
  • Motivation for adventure This free online course discusses what motivates people for adventure, and looks at contemporary understandings of this issue. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.
  • Historical Adventurers and Motivation for Adventure
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  • Motivation for Adventure: Intrinsic and Extrinsic Rewards and Historical Adventurers
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  • Motivation for Adventure: Contemporary Understandings
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  4 Examples of adventure
  • Examples of adventure This free online course reviews historical and contemporary examples of adventures and adventurers. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.
  • Historical adventurers
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  • Historical examples of adventurers
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  • Historical and contemporary images of adventure
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  5 Access to adventure
  • Access to adventure This free online course reviews access to adventure and factors that can affect accessibility. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.
  • Access to adventure: factors that can affect accessibility
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  • Access to adventure
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  • Accessibility table
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  6 Safety in adventure
  • Safety in adventure This free online course covers issues around safety and competence in adventure. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.
  • Safety and competence in adventure (knowledge and skills)
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  • Where safety fits into adventure
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  • The Safety and Competence Activity
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  • Where safety fits in
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  • Personal competence
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  • Safety and competence in adventure: individual ladder of needs
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  7 Timing and location
  • Timing and location This free online course discusses timing and location of adventure activities. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.
  • Variety of locations
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  • Timing and location
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  • Location and effects table
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  • Influences on the outcome of adventure activities
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  8 Different types of adventure
  • Different types of adventure This free online course introduces different types of adventure activities. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.
  • Comparison of different types of adventure
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  • Adventure activities
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  9 Impact on the environment
  • Impact on the environment This free online course reviews the impact adventure activities can have on the environment, the wilderness and natural areas. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.
  • The Natural Area Activities
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  • Deterioration of the wilderness
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  • Minimal impact on the environment
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  • Outdoor adventure and impact on the environment
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  • How society views the importance of wilderness and natural areas
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  • Influences on outdoor adventure
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  10 The media
  • The media This free online course covers the role of the media in adventure activities. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.
  • Influence on outdoor adventure: the media
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  • Influence on outdoor adventure: media manipulation table
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  11 Grading and guidebooks
  • Grading and guidebooks This free online course discusses grading and guidebooks for adventure activities such as biking and bushwalking. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.
  • Grading and guidebooks
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  • Grading systems
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  • Grading for bushwalking
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  • Grading for bike riding
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  12 Adventure as a commodity
  • Adventure as a commodity This free online course discusses how to market and package adventure as a commodity. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.
  • Adventure as a commodity
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  • Marketing and packaging adventure as a commodity
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  13 Equipment
  • Equipment This free online course looks at the type of equipment used in adventure and the recent changes in technology. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.
  • Equipment table
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  • Improvements in technology
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  • Changes in equipment
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• Module 2: Land Use and Recreation
• Module
  14 Ways of viewing the environment
  • Ways of viewing the environment This free online course discusses ways of viewing the environment and covers worth-ship, worship, and kinship and reviews land as a commodity. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.
  • Ways of viewing the environment
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  • Ways of viewing the environment: indigenous people
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  • Ways of viewing the environment: worth-ship, worship and kinship
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  • Land as a commodity
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  • Ways of viewing the environment: focus questions
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  15 Conservation
  • Conservation This free online course looks at topics related to conservation such as the development of interest groups and how to influence descisions related to conservation matters. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.
  • Conservation is management
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  • World conservation
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  • Development of interest groups and methods used to influence decisions
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  • Resolving conflicts
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  16 Recreation and land management
  • Recreation and land management This free online course discusses the importance of the environment and the conflict between land development and conservation. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.
  • Conflicts of interest: land use
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  • Conflicts of interest: land use
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  • The conflict over land
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  • The importance of outdoor environments and the experiences they offer society: environmental issues
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  17 Case Study - The Australian Aborigines
  • Case Study - The Australian Aborigines This free online course is an introduction to the Aboriginal peoples of Australia and their customs, traditions, way of life and connection to the land. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.
  • Aboriginal perceptions of the land
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  • Aboriginal People
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  • Aboriginal ceremony
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  • Landrights
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  • The Aboriginal lifestyle
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  • Aborigines and the land
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  • Aboriginal perception of the land: focus questions
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• Module 3: Basic Physiology for Physical Education
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  18 Basic muscle physiology
  • Basic muscle physiology This free online course is a review of basic muscle physiology and looks at topics such as the motor unit and the regulation of muscular force. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.
  • Basic muscle physiology
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  • Muscle architecture
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  • Basic muscle physiology: interior components
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  • The motor unit
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  • Regulation of muscular force
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  • Basic muscle physiology: firing pattern
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  19 Muscle groups
  • Muscle groups This free online course is a review of the major muscles in the body, the types of muscles and their microscopic structure, and how muscles contract. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.
  • Joint actions
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  • Major Muscle Groups and the Microscopic Structure of Muscle
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  • Summary of muscles and their actions
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  • Muscle fibre types
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  • Muscle fibre types: features
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  • Microscopic muscle structure
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  • Sliding filament theory
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  • Muscle fibre recruitment: muscular contraction
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  • Types of muscle contractions
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  • Agonists and antagonists
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  20 Information on the heart
  • Information on the heart This free online course is an introduction to the heart and looks at the location of the heart, the size of the heart and what regulates the activity of the heart. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.
  • The heart: what's in a name?
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  • Where is the heart located?
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  • How big is the heart?
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  • What controls the heart rate?
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• Module
  21 Energy systems
  • Energy systems This free online course is a review of the energy systems in the body such as the aerobic system, the anaerobic system and the lactic acid system. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.
  • Accumulation of Lactic Acid and the Anaerobic Threshold
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  • Energy Systems and fitness components
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  • Energy Systems
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  • The need for ADP reconversion
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  • Energy system characteristics
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  • Energy system 1: ATP - PC system
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  • Energy systems 2 and 3
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  • Lactic acid system (LA system)
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  • Aerobic energy system
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  • Interplay between the systems
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  • Links between aerobic and anaerobic systems
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  • Heart rate
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  • Use of energy systems: example
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  • Comparing the three energy systems - a summary
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  • Energy Systems
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• Module
  22 Converting food to energy
  • Converting food to energy This free online course is a review of how food is converted into energy, and looks at the conversion of carbohydrates, fats and proteins into energy for exercise. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.
  • Hitting the wall
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  • The conversion of food to energy
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  • The conversion of food to energy: carbohydrates
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  • Carbohydrate loading (legal ergonomic aid)
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  • Carbohydrate loading continued
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  • The conversion of food to energy: protein
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  • The conversion of food to energy: fats
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  • Advantages and disadvantages of fuel sources
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• Module 4: Training Methods
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  23 The principles of training
  • The principles of training This free online course is a review of the principles of training such as the overload principle and the principle of specificity. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.
  • The principles of training
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  • The overload principle
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  • Overload: maintaining homeostasis
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  • The overload principle: thresholds and diminishing returns
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  • The principle of specificity
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  • Is there ever a place for cross training?
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  • The reversibility principle
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  • The principle of individual differences
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  • Different strokes for different folks
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  • The bottom line
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  24 Training principles
  • Training principles This free online course is an introduction to training principles such as intensity, overload, duration and variety. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.  
  • Training principles
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  • Training principles: intensity
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  • Training principles: overload
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  • Training principles: frequency
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  • Training principles: duration
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  • Training principles: variety
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  25 Training methods
  • Training methods This free online course is a review of training methods such as circuit training, Fartlek training, interval training and plyometrics. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.
  • Training Methods
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  • Interval Training
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  • Benefits of interval training
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  • Continuous training
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  • Fartlek Training (Speedplay)
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  • Circuit training
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  • Circuit training continued
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  • Plyometrics
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  • Plyometric Stress Index
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  • Weight training
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  • Weight training: guidelines
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  • Training methods: flexibility
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• Module
  26 Maximal oxygen uptake
  • Maximal oxygen uptake This free online course is a review of the physiology of the maximal oxygen uptake (VO2 max.) in exercise and how it is measured. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.
  • Maximal Oxygen Consumption - the VO2 Max.
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  • VO2 max. defined
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  • Why is his or hers bigger than mine?
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  • Muscles and oxygen delivery
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  • How is VO2 max. measured?
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  • How is VO2 max. measured?
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  • Measuring VO2 max.
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  • Measuring VO2 max.
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  27 Acute responses
  • Acute responses This free online course is an introduction to acute responses of the respiratory, muscular and cardiovascular systems to exercise. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.
  • Summary of acute/short-term Responses
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  • Acute (short term) and chronic (long term) responses: respiratory
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  • Acute (short term) and chronic (long term) responses: cardiovascular responses
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  • Acute (short term) and chronic (long term) responses: muscular
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  • Student activity: short-term/acute responses
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  28 Chronic training responses
  • Chronic training responses This free online course is an introduction to chronic responses to exercise and reviews aerobic and anaerobic respiration. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.
  • Summary: factors changed by exercise
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  • Summary of long-term responses (chronic training responses)
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  • Anaerobic Systems
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  • Anaerobic Systems (continued)
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  • Aerobic
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  • At rest
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  • Submaximal
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  • Maximal changes
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  • Student activity: long-term responses
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  29 Fatigue and recovery
  • Fatigue and recovery This free online course discusses fatigue and recovery from exercise and reviews latic acid build-up and glycogen restoration in muscles. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.
  • Fatigue and recovery
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  • Lactic acid accumulation
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  • Oxygen debt
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  • Glycogen restoration (muscle)
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  • Lactic acid breakdown and removal
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• Module 5: Coaching and Fitness
• Module
  30 The core components of fitness
  • The core components of fitness This free online course is an introduction to the core components of fitness such as agility, flexibility, muscular endurance, balance and reaction time. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.
  • The core components of fitness: cardio-respiratory endurance demands
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  • The core components of fitness
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  • The core components of fitness: muscular strength (MS)
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  • The core components of fitness: muscular power (MP)
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  • The core components of fitness: local muscular endurance (LME)
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  • The core components of fitness: flexibility
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  • The core components of fitness: agility
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  • The core components of fitness: speed
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  • The core components of fitness: anaerobic power
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  • The core components of fitness: cardio-respiratory endurance
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  • The core components of fitness: coordination
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  • The core components of fitness: balance
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  • The core components of fitness: reaction time
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• Assessment of fitness
  • Assessment of fitness This free online course covers the assessment of fitness using fitness tests. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.
  • Fitness tests
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  • List of fitness tests
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• Module
  31 The role of the coach
  • The role of the coach This free online course discusses the role a coach has in improving performance and the attributes and skills a coach needs. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.
  • The role of the coach in improving performance
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  • The role of the coach in improving performance: fundamental attributes and skills
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  • The stereotypical coach
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  • The role of the coach in improving performance: the importance of feedback
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• Module
  32 Coaching styles
  • Coaching styles This free online course is a review of coaching styles such as the authoritarian style, the personable style or the casual style. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.
  • Coaching styles
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  • Coaching styles: authoritarian
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  • Coaching styles: personable
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  • Coaching styles: casual
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  33 Coaching techniques
  • Coaching techniques This free online course is an introduction to coaching techniques and covers stages such as the cognitive stage, the associative stage and the autonomous stage. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.
  • Coaching applications
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  • Coaching from the beginner to the skilled athlete - cognitive
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  • Coaching from the beginner to the skilled athlete: associative stage
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  • Coaching from the beginner to the skilled athlete: autonomous stage
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• Module 6: Improving Physical Fitness
• Module
  34 Legal ergogenic aids
  • Legal ergogenic aids This free online course is an introduction to legal ergogenic aids such as nutrition, carbohydrate loading and altitude training. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.
  • Ergogenic aids - legal
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  • Ergogenic aids - legal: nutrition
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  • Ergogenic aids - legal: creatine
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  • Ergogenic aids - legal: sodium bicarbonate
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  • Ergogenic aids - legal: colostrum
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  • Ergogenic aids - legal: HMB
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  • Ergogenic aids - legal: re-hydration
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  • Ergogenic aids - legal: carbohydrate loading
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  • Ergogenic aids - legal: altitude training
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  • Ergogenic aids - legal: massage
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  • Ergogenic aids - legal: alchohol and smoking
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  • Ergogenic aids - legal: mental rehearsal/visualisation
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• Module
  35 Illegal ergogenic aids
  • Illegal ergogenic aids This free online course is a review of illegal ergogenic aids atheltes might use such as amphetamines, beta-blockers, anabolic steroids and blood doping using EPO. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.
  • Ergogenic aids - illegal
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  • Ergogenic aids - illegal: amphetamines and ephedrine
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  • Ergogenic aids - illegal: beta-blockers
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  • Ergogenic aids - illegal: caffeine
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  • Ergogenic aids - illegal: anabolic steroids
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  • Ergogenic aids - illegal: narcotics - analgesics
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  • Ergogenic aids - illegal: growth hormone
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  • Ergogenic aids - blood doping and EPO
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  • Ergogenic aids - tranquillisers
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• Module
  36 Sports psychology
  • Sports psychology This free online course is a review of sports psychology and how it can influence athletes. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.
  • Sports psychology
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• Module
  37 Limits to performance
  • Limits to performance This free online course reviews factors that can limit performance such as anatomical and physiological factors or socio-cultural factors. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.
  • Anatomical and physiological differences affecting performance
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  • Limits to performance: socio-cultural factors
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  • Biological and socio-cultural factors affecting performance
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  • Factors affecting performance
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• Module
  38 Sporting injuries
  • Sporting injuries This free online course discusses sports injuries and reviews the assessment, management and prevention of injuries. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.
  • Common sports injuries
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  • Injury prevention
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  • Assessment of injuries
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  • Managment of soft tissue injury
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  • Concussion
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  • Heat stress
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  • Summary of sports injuries/research topics
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  • Common sports injuries sample questions
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• Module 7: Physical Activity and Society
• Module
  39 Different groups within society
  • Different groups within society This free online course is discusses the role pyhsical activity plays in the lives of different groups within society such as children, teenagers, adults and the elderly. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.
  • Recreation and physical activity for different groups within society
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  • Promoting involvement in physical activity: children
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  • Promoting involvment in physical activity: teenages/adulthood
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  • Promoting involvment in physical activity: the elderly
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• Module
  40 Influences on physical education
  • Influences on physical education This free online course is a review of positive and negative influences on physical education such as cost, time, education and ethnicity. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.
  • Promoting involvment in physical activity: positive and negative influential factors
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  • Promoting involvment in physical activity: positive and negative influential factors - cost and time
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  • Promoting involvment in physical activity: positive and negative influential factors - education/ethnicity and race
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  • Promoting involvment in physical activity: positive and negative influential factors - gender
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• Module
  41 Intrinsic/extrinsic influences on fitness
  • Intrinsic/extrinsic influences on fitness This free online course discusses both intrinsic and extrinsic influences on fitness such as gender, culture, the media and socio-economic status. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.
  • Intrinsic/extrinsic influences on fitness
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  • Promoting involvment in physical activity summary
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  • Intrinsic/extrinsic influences on fitness attitudes: extrinsic influences on fitness attitudes
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  • Intrinsic/extrinsic influences on fitness attitudes: gender
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  • Intrinsic/extrinsic influences on fitness attitudes: age
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  • Intrinsic/extrinsic influences on fitness attitudes: children/adolescents
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  • Intrinsic/extrinsic influences on fitness attitudes: adults
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  • Intrinsic/extrinsic influences on fitness attitudes: elderly
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  • Intrinsic/extrinsic influences on fitness attitudes: family
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  • Intrinsic/extrinsic influences on fitness attitudes: culture
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  • Intrinsic/extrinsic influences on fitness attitudes: peers and school
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  • Intrinsic/extrinsic influences on fitness attitudes: work
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  • Intrinsic/extrinsic influences on fitness attitudes: socio-economic status
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  • Intrinsic/extrinsic influences on fitness attitudes - the media
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  • Media plays a role in the development and running of sports
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  • Sports participation categories
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  • Sports coverage
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• Module
  42 Socio-cultural considerations
  • Socio-cultural considerations This free online course is a review of socio-cultural considerations in participation in physical activity such as gender, ethnicity and disability The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.
  • Participating in sport: socio-cultural factors - gender
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  • Participating in sport: socio-cultural factors - ethnicity
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  • Participating in sport: socio-cultural factors - geographical location
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  • Participating in sport: socio-cultural factors - income and socio-economic status
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  • Participating in sport: - socio-cultural factors - age
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  • Participating in sport: socio-cultural factors - disability
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  • Participating in sport: socio-cultural factors - family influences
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  • Participating in sport: socio-cultural factors - peers
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  • Participating in sport: socio-cultural factors - work/occupation
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  • Participating in sport: socio-cultural factors - school/other institutional influences (clubs)
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  • Participating in sport: socio-cultural factors - time available
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  • Participating in sport: socio-cultural factors - politics
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  • Participation in sport: socio-cultural factors - environment, climate and access
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  • Participation in sport: the role of the coach
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  • The media
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  43 Motivational factors
  • Motivational factors This free online course is a review of motivational factors atheltes can use. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.
  • Motivational factors
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  44 Participation rates
  • Participation rates This free online course is an introduction to how participation in physical activity can be promoted using role models and sponsorship. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.
  • Promoting involvment in physical activity: role models
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  • Role models
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  • Promoting involvment in physical activity: lack of media
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  • Promoting involvment in physical activity: violence
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  • Promoting involvment in physical activity: sport and the media in general
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  • Promoting involvment in physical activity: sponsorship
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  45 Fact or fiction activity
  • Fact or fiction activity This free online course is a review of how to plan and carry out a survey or interview that examines the participation rates in physical activity. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.
  • Key points
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  • Preparing a participation rates report
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  • Developing a research question
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  • Sample report
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  • Styles of questions
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  • Planning and conducting your survey or interview
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  • Introductory activity
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  • Classifying information
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  • Making conclusions about research
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• Assessment
• Assessment
  • Assessment Score 80% or more in the assessment and you can obtain a Diploma parchment for this course.
  • Diploma in Outdoor and Physical Education Studies Assessment
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