St Johns College PE Revision Course AQA AS PHED 1 Session 1a Opportunities for participation Concepts & Objectives
Mar 29, 2015
St Johns College PE Revision Course
AQA AS PHED 1
Session 1aOpportunities for participation
Concepts & Objectives
Characteristics, Objectives and Benefits
• Play• Leisure and recreation, active leisure• Outdoor and adventurous activities• Sport • Physical education• Relationships between them - compare and
contrast• Benefits to the individual and to society.
Physical Activity Continuum
Play LeisurePhysical Rec/ Active Leisure
Outdoor Rec/ Adventure Act
PE Sport
Competitiveness
Organisation
Seriousness
Spontaneity
Definitions & Characteristics
PLAY
Negotiation
Time
Intrinsic value Non-serious
Enjoyment
Spontaneous
RulesSpace
Time
Play – Only for Children?
Adult Play
Child Play
Escaping from reality
Learning about reality
Not necessarily chronological!! Jan02Q4
Ans
Play – key words
• Fun• Spontaneous• Rules – changeable, negotiated, freely accepted• Unstructured – boundaries, equipment• Intrinsic value only• Can be serious• Fantasy world• Child like
Play - ObjectivesChildren• Test boundaries• Experience risk – safely• Socialisation• Build independence,
self esteem• Respect for others• Opportunity for social
interaction
Adults• Forget
responsibilties• Escape reality• Be childlike• Opportunity for
creativity and fantasy
Leisure, Recreation, Physical Recreation
Recreation• To recreate – be
creative, make anew• To refresh
mind/body• Recuperation – from
stress from work or obligations
Active Leisure?
Leisure• Done in free time• Free from other
responsibilities• Freely chosen activity• Used for ease and
relaxation• For enjoyment• A right – not a
privilege
Active Leisure
“being physically active in one’s leisure time”
‘lifetime sports’
Outdoor and adventure activities
Outdoor education Outdoor
recreation
Adventure education
Adventure activity
Outdoor Education develops
Values
Leadership skills
Decision-makingTrust in
others
Team work
Self-reliance
Real or Perceived Risk?
Totally avoidable
Totally unavoidable
Subjective danger
Objective danger
More Predictable
MoreUnpredictable
Experience / Personality
Dangerous
Exciting
Challenging
No officials
Competitive
But codes for safety
Against self/element
s
Cost
Escapism/ Urban
Characteristics
June02Q2canoeing
Ans
Adventure Activity – Adventure Education
Urban Adventure
Adventure SportsRules
TID
Competitions
Travel CostsFacilities
Inner City Community
Sport - Values
Commitment
Prowess Endeavour
SportsmanshipTime
Resources
Selective
CompetitiveCathartic
Olympism
Striving
Intrinsic Extrinsic
Sport - Characteristics
Organisational stringency
Time Bound
Codified Rules
Technical specialisation -
Positions/Equipment
Space regulations
Competitive Structures
Jan02Q4
Official AdjudicationStrategies
Codes of conduct
Sport - objectives for individual• Fulfil individual talent and potential• Challenge oneself – discover strengths &
weaknesses• Release tension & stress – improve health & fitness• Build self-esteem• Accept rules & decisions• Work in a team or lead• Develop fair play, win with humility, lose with
honour
Q4
Sport - objectives for society• Socialisation• Prevent anti-social behaviour• Economic activity• Social control – a diversion• International relationships• Social morale
Sport - problems
• Win at all costs• Sport – part of the entertainment
business• Crowd violence hooliganism• Performance Enhancing Drugs• Poor role models• Couch potatoes!
PE – What is it?
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“ a formal and useful body of knowledge
“ educating through bodily movement”
“learning in, about and through physical activity”
Skills, attitudes, fitness, appreciation
“knowing how, knowing about, knowing how it feels”
PE – What is it?
PE
Socialisation – sharing, rules,
fair play
Development of motor
skills
Knowledge of physical
activity/sport
Appreciation of movement/skill
Health - HRE
Personal development –
team work, leadership
National Curriculum
Evaluating /Improving
Self/Others
12-34 22
leisureworkskillshealth
self-realisation socialising challengingaesthetic
functional economic
Physical Education
life enrichingpersonal development
The expectations of the school activity
experience
23
PE
Recreation
Sport
Produce elite performers
Improve health & fitness
Reduce crime
Develop school ethos
Provide a worthwhile activity for the young
Promote the school
Counter effects of social deprivation
Q2
Relationship, Compare & ContrastOrganisation
Play Leisure PhysicalRecreation
Outdoor/Adventure
PE Sport
Competitiveness
Play Leisure PhysicalRecreation
Outdoor/Adventure
PE Sport
Benefits - Indivudual
• Health – physical, mental, social• Relationships• Socialising• Challenged, stretched, development• Self fulfilment• Team working – Leadership• Learning about wider world, environment
Benefits – SocietyWhy spend the money?
• Community health – reduce costs• Economic activity• Role models – social development• National self-esteem• Shop window effect• Reducing anti-social behaviour• Government responsibility for the individual