There are no pre-requisites for this module to be added

Using theories developed in the military, aviation, fire-fighting and NASA space control you will learn about principles of naturalistic and classic decision making to help you make more accurate in-game decisions. You will learn ideas on how to develop ‘team thinking? through shared mental model theories to help ensure that emergent teams are able to function together synchronously and make coherent decisions through shared decision processes. You will develop your understanding of established cognitive biases that may affect your decision making with evidence from sports officiating literature to help you to be able to arbitrate games objectively and within your own and your governing body?s philosophical standpoint. In addition you will be provided with support on conducting qualitative and quantitative analysis on performance data.

Upon completion of this module you will be able to

LO1: Critically evaluate decision making theory/theories in the sports officiating context.

LO2: Critically evaluate different methods of assessing decision making demands in your sporting context in line with decision making theory/theories.

LO3: Integrate theory and practice in evaluating decision making performance.

LO4: Use appropriate qualitative/quantitative analysis and reflective practice to assess the effectiveness of a decision making investigation.