The following guidelines are designed to assist you to complete your government (public)-sport policy analyses.

LEARNING OUTCOME:

• This assessment is designed to engage you in a comparative analysis of a range of government (public) policies for sport in Australia, so that you develop a critical understanding of the ways in which such policies are developed and implemented.

ASSESSMENT TOTAL:

• This assessment is an individual student task (not groups).
• Your written analysis is worth 50% of your total

·         Total marks = 50 (Content [42 marks] + Presentation [8 marks]).

DUE DATE & HOW TO SUBMIT:

• Your policies analysis is due Friday June 12th by 4:00pm.
• It will be submitted by uploading your analysis through the link at the bottom of the LMS

WORD LIMIT:

• You are required to individually complete 1 x 2,500-word written report (your cover page, Table of Contents and reference list are excluded from your word count).
• The 2,500 word count is a guide (+ or – 10% is acceptable. e. 2,250-2,750 words).
• However, as you are addressing six policy areas, as a guide, each one should be covered in approximately 350 words (i.e. 6 policy areas x 350 words each = 2,100 words)
• This leaves approximately 400 words for your synthesis statement (conclusion).

GRADUATE CAPABILITIES ASSESSED:                              (a) Critical thinking; (e) Writing.

SUBJECT INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES (SILOS): SILO #4

LEARNING RESOURCES:

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  To assist your analysis, students are required to use peer-reviewed (PR) readings. The key references for this subject (downloadable from the LMS) are:
  • Hoye, R., Nicholson, M., & Houlihan, B. (2010). Sport and policy: issues and analysis. Oxford, K.: Routledge. (PR)
  • Stewart, B., Nicholson, M., Smith, A. & Westerbeek, H. (2004). Australian sport: better by design? The evolution of Australian sport policy. London, UK. (PR)
  • Nicholson, M., Hoye, R., & Houlihan, B. (2011). Participation in sport: international policy perspectives. Oxford, UK: (PR)
• Where relevant, other weekly readings available for each policy area on the LMS;
• The lecture for each of the policy areas;
• Any additional materials that are clearly relevant to each policy areas that you can discover yourself (e.g. Websites of sport organisations, journal articles, government reports, )

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA:

• Prepare a comparative analysis of government (public) sport policy (not organisational policy) that addresses the six policy areas identified in Weeks 6 to 11 of the Subject
• These six POLICY AREAS are:
• Elite Sport & Sport Pathways (Week 6)
• Sport Participation & Junior Sport (Week 7)
• Harassment & Discrimination (Week 8)
• Sport Integrity (gambling) (Week 9)
• Sport Integrity (drugs in sport) (Week 10)
• Sport Broadcasting (Week 11)
• Note: Each policy area has a policy problem (or problems).
• Focus on Stage 4 (“Policy implementation”) of the “6-stage policy

process model” outlined in Chapter 2 (p. 28) of the Stewart et al. (2004) text. In other words, the implementation of policy is the lens through

which you are looking at a range of sport policy problems.

• This requires you to have a detailed knowledge of all six (public) sport policy areas.

Figure 1: Policy implementation as the lens for your analysis

• Please note: this document will be used as a guide Marking discretion will apply.

CONTENT CRITERIA (45 marks):

Policy areas (6 x 5 marks each = 30 marks), [approximately 350 words per policy area]:

The following items/headings provide a basic structure for your report, and a guide for your analysis. For each of the 6 x policy areas, students must:

1. Give a brief statement of the policy problem(s) [1 mark].
2. Support your analysis by describing the current government (public) sport policy that has been implemented to address the policy problem(s) [1 mark]. Does the policy involve either:
   1. Intervention by a government in sport? If so, give an example of the interventions (past and/present).
   2. No intervention by a government in sport?
3. What is the scope of the policy problem(s)? [1 mark]

o i.e. Does the policy problem affect a wide range of people (e.g. Athletes? Coaches? Administrators? Bureaucrats? Parents?), and organisations? (e.g. NSO’s? SSO’s? Local sport organisations? Companies? Teams? Clubs?)

4. Describe the policy resources or skills that were necessary to implement this policy? [2 marks]

Note: your analysis of each policy area must be supported by reference to relevant peer-reviewed (PR) readings (e.g. Stewart et al., 2004; Nicholson et al., 2010).

Conclusion (synthesis) (12 marks), [400 words]:

1. Briefly define “policy”. Use a peer-reviewed sport policy reading to support your definition [3 marks].
2. At the end of your discussion of the six policy areas, write a succinct conclusion about sport policy in Australia [3 marks]. Compare sport policy problems – and then argue for what you feel is the most important
3. Give one example each of incremental policy change, and transformative policy change. Justify your choice of examples [6 marks].

Note: As the purpose of Assessment 3 is demonstrate your ability to think critically about Australian sport policy, there is no single right or wrong conclusion. It is more important to demonstrate your understanding of the complexity of implementing public policy for sport in Australia.

PRESENTATION CRITERIA (8 marks):

1. Engagement with the learning resources [6 marks]: Does the student support his/her analysis of the six policy areas by using a minimum of 10 peer-reviewed (PR) readings (e.g. Stewart et al., 2004; Nicholson et al., 2010), PLUS at least 8 other non-PR readings?

• NOTE: lecture notes are not peer-reviewed.

1. Intellectual honesty demonstrated by appropriate use of APA6 referencing/citation method [2 marks]: Does the student consistently use APA6 referencing method for referencing all materials (e.g. books, journal articles, websites, etc.) referred to in this assessment? Does the student place their references in a properly formatted reference list at the end of the document? Are quotation marks used for all quotes? Are page numbers given in in-text citations for quotes?

• Report Format: This is a hurdle requirement with no marks Report format means:
• Major Headings & Sub-headings.
• You are not writing an
• If you quote another author’s work, remember the 3-part rule for quotations:
  • introduce the quote;
  • provide the quote;
  • provide a brief but original comment about the

Presentation tips?

• Leave yourself plenty of time for proofreading and You might consider asking someone else to critically read your work.
• Consistently apply APA referencing Do not use two different formats in the same assignment.
• Please make sure you include a reference
• Information on how to use APA6 can be found at: http://www.lib.latrobe.edu.au/referencing- tool/apa-6, or by speaking to a librarian.