St Johns College PE Revision Course AQA AS PHED 1 Session 1a Opportunities 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 Leisure Physical Rec/ Active Leisure Outdoor Rec/ Adventure Act Competitiveness Organisation Seriousness Spontaneity PE Sport Definitions & Characteristics Intrinsic value Non-serious Enjoyment PLAY Spontaneous Negotiation Time Rules Time Space Play – Only for Children? Child Play Adult Play Learning about reality Escaping from reality Not necessarily chronological!! Ans Jan02Q4 Play – key words • • • • • • • • Fun Spontaneous Rules – changeable, negotiated, freely accepted Unstructured – boundaries, equipment Intrinsic value only Can be serious Fantasy world Child like Play - Objectives Children • 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 Leisure • Done in free time • Free from other responsibilities • Freely chosen activity • Used for ease and relaxation • For enjoyment • A right – not a privilege Recreation • To recreate – be creative, make anew • To refresh mind/body • Recuperation – from stress from work or obligations Active Leisure? Active Leisure “being physically active in one’s leisure time” ‘lifetime sports’ Outdoor and adventure activities Outdoor education Adventure education Outdoor recreation Adventure activity Outdoor Education develops Selfreliance Team work Leadership skills Values Trust in others Decisionmaking Real or Perceived Risk? More Predictable More Unpredictable Subjective danger Totally avoidable Objective danger Experience / Personality Totally unavoidable Adventure Activity – Adventure Education Escapism/ Urban Dangerous Exciting Characteristics Cost canoeing Ans But codes for safety Competitive Challenging June02Q2 No officials Against self/elements Facilities Travel Costs Urban Adventure Inner City Community Competitions Rules Adventure Sports TID Sport - Values Resources Intrinsic Time Extrinsic Sportsmanship Commitment Olympism Selective Prowess Competitive Endeavour Cathartic Striving Sport - Characteristics Organisational stringency Time Bound Codified Rules Strategies Technical specialisation - Positions/Equipment Codes of conduct Competitive Structures Official Adjudication Space regulations Jan02Q4 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? “ a formal and “ educating useful body of through bodily knowledge movement” “learning in, Skills, attitudes, about and fitness, through physical appreciation activity” “knowing how, knowing about, knowing how it feels” 20 PE – What is it? Health - HRE Socialisation – sharing, rules, Evaluating fair play /Improving PE Self/Others Personal development – team work, leadership Appreciation of movement/skill Development of motor skills Knowledge of National physical Curriculum activity/sport health skills leisure work functional economic Physical Education life enriching personal development self-realisation socialising 12-34 aesthetic challenging 22 Improve health & fitness Promote the school Sport PE Counter effects of social deprivation Recreation Reduce crime Produce elite performers Q2 Develop school ethos Provide a worthwhile activity for the young The expectations of the school activity experience 23 Relationship, Compare & Contrast Organisation Play Leisure Physical Recreation Outdoor/ Adventure PE Sport Physical Recreation PE Sport Competitiveness Play Leisure Outdoor/ Adventure Benefits - Indivudual • • • • • • • Health – physical, mental, social Relationships Socialising Challenged, stretched, development Self fulfilment Team working – Leadership Learning about wider world, environment Benefits – Society Why 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