ess2710 week 1

Intended Learning Outcomes On successfully completing this week’s study you will be able to...

Understand the nature of the moduleAppreciate the need to participate in all aspects of the moduleDescribe the assessmentExplain the purpose of the assessmentUnderstand how to access information about the course

Martin I. JonesBSc MSc PhD CPsychol CSci AFBPsS SFHEALecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology

Email: m.i.jones@exeter.ac.ukTelephone: 01392 724747 (ext: 4747)Room: RB109Twitter: @drmijonesTutorials: https://drmartinjones.youcanbook.me/

Welcome to your second year!You may not realize it but we are preparing you to operate in a professional environment

This module is about more than just the grade you achieve

This free lesson will help you in your degree and beyond

Nine things you probably don’t know about your University lecturers

Adapted from http://drvikkiburns.com/ten-things-you-probably-dont-know-about-your-university-lecturers/

When I was a student, I wasn’t perfect eitherI missed the odd lecture, I came to the occasional lecture hungover, and I didn’t always read everything that was set.

However, I do have the benefit of hindsight, and lots of experience of seeing other students succeed and fail, so when I make suggestions, I am doing so to help you

We often have a huge workload to deal withTeaching you is not the only thing we do. We are not saying that you are not important however you must appreciate that you are not the only part of our job and occasionally other things must take priority.

Help us help you by being professional and if you need us give us plenty of notice. Please also remember that we say >600 students per year so please don’t be offended if we don’t remember your name at first or don’t recognise you.

Sometimes we’re bored tooThere are always modules and lectures that students don’t like. We get the feedback, we know you hate it, and the honest truth is that sometimes it’s not the highlight of our life either. We really do our best to make it interesting, but sometimes it’s just not possible

You may think it’s irrelevant, but it’s there for a reason, and usually when you get towards your more senior years, you’ll start to understand why we spent time on it. In the meantime, suck it up and do the work. We do.

You’re not as subtle as you think you areI can hear you chatting. I can see you texting. I notice when you are asleep. Facebook, Yik Yak and Twitter are not private – your comments often get back to us

Sometimes we’ve forgotten what it’s like to not understand this stuff.When you’ve been doing something for years and years and years, it can be hard to put yourself in the position of people who have never come across it before. So ask the questions. If you don’t get it, read more, ask more, and keep at us until you do get it. We’re trying, I promise.

Ask the stupid questions now. I might be surprised that you don’t understand, but I would always rather know now, than find out when I mark your paper that you’ve misunderstood something fundamental. We hate that sinking feeling when you read an answer that shows that the student really just didn’t get it. If you ask now, we can work it through, and the rest of the course will make so much more sense.

It’s not about the grade that you getI get it, you want a first –who doesn’t? But you need to get away from the outcome and focus on the process. We teach you things that are not assessed, that doesn’t mean they are less important.

The grade you get might get you an interview but your knowledge and your graduate attributes get you the job, but more importantly keep you in the job

We have a life outside the officeAfter 5pm on weekdays and over the weekend my daughter gets my undivided attention.

If you email me in the evenings or at weekends I will not read your correspondence until I’m back in the office.

Please don’t put me in the position of having to say no/ignore you/work all night to finish everything. A little bit of planning on your part, and we should all get what we need.

Our life outside the office may occasionally overlap with yoursExeter is not a big place. You may see me in the city centre, at a bar, at Waitrose or walking between campuses.

Feel free to say hello, be polite but don’t expect a protracted conversion about your latest essay

When you email a member of staff start with

Dear Dr. XXXXX

And end with a professional sign off

Yours Faithfully / Yours Sincerely / Thanks you . . .

Do not leave the subject line blank, or write informal subjects like OMG PLZ HELP!!!!!

Make sure you use your exeter.ac.uk email address

We are not friends, address me professionally (i.e. Dear Sir, Dear Dr Jones

We are always doing something important.

Never use text language or emoticons

Always proof read before sending

Make sure you use your exeter.ac.uk email address

Respectful, polite, and written professionally

Clear reason for the email in the subject line

Formal and professionally written

What I expect form you

Come to class with something that can connect to the internet

What you expect from me

https://padlet.com/m_i_jones/qr9azmiuc7bt

Time for an experiment

Can you learn Kung Fu by simply watching videos?

What's my point?You learn Kung Fu by watching videos, working with a shifu, and then practising (a lot)

You learn sport psychology in a similar way

Passive attendance at lectures and seminars will not help you to understand

Delivery CollaborationReflection AssessmentIndependen

t Study

Using the ELE site

Formative assessment

Independent study tasks

Peer assessment tasks

Self assessment tasksIf you wish to benefit from formative assessment you need to attend lectures, seminars and engage with independent study tasks (i.e., ELE)

Summative assessment

Part OneYou are required to search for a peer reviewed empirical article each week. The article should be closely aligned with the topic that is being taught that week. You should read the paper and prepare a short description to include in a tweet (i.e. <150 characters).

You will then tweet a link to the article and a short explanation of what the article comprises. You must tweet your article during the “tweet break” during the seminar.

Failure to submit a minimum of eight tweets during the

allocated times will restrict your final grade.

If there is evidence that you have submitted several of your tweets on the same day (i.e., at the end of the module rather than during tweet breaks) you will receive not receive the additional 16% points

on offer.

Date of Tweet

<150 character description of the paper

URL of the paper you are tweeting

Your name (or student number)

To add: @drmijones & #ESS2710

Part TwoYou must select four of your tweets and write an annotated bibliography.

An annotated bibliography entry consists of two components: the Citation and the Annotation

An annotated bibliography is a list of articles where each reference (written in APA 6th style) is followed by a (> 500words) descriptive and evaluative paragraph.

The total word count must not exceed 2000 words. You reference list and tweet table does not contribute to the 2000 word count.

How will this week’s content

be assessed?

Martin I. JonesBSc MSc PhD CPsychol CSci AFBPsS SFHEA

BASES accredited Sport and Exercise Scientist (Psychology)HCPC registered Sport and Exercise Psychologist

E: m.i.jones@exeter Tw: @drmijones