Year 11 - Physical education
The factors that affect participation
Socio-cultural influences: engagement patterns
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Unit Summary
This unit will examine the socio-cultural factors that impact on physical activity, sport and society. Understanding engagement patterns of different social groups and factors affecting participation require an ability to interpret and analyse data.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to identify the factors affecting participation in physical activities and sport, and reflect on the factors that have shaped your experience of physical activity.
Key Notes
- Attitudes and role models can significantly influence participation in sports.
- Accessibility to facilities, clubs and activities is a crucial factor affecting participation.
- Media coverage, sexism and stereotyping impact sports involvement.
- Cultural and religious factors, including festivals, can affect sports participation.
- Family commitments, leisure time, socio-economic status and activity inclusiveness all impact participation.
Vocabulary To Learn
- factor affecting participation: factors affecting participation include gender, race/religion/culture, age, family/friends/peers, and disability, influencing access, attitudes and opportunities in sports
- media: the different ways we communicate information, lsuch as via TV, newspapers, social media, the internet or radio
- role model: someone who people look up to and feel inspired by because of their positive behaviour, actions or success
- stereotype: an oversimplified and often incorrect belief or assumption about a group of people, based on characteristics like gender, race or appearance, ignoring the fact that individuals are unique
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Believing that only one factor can affect participation such as gender, when actally there are lots of factors that can affect participation in physical activity.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Attitudes and role models can significantly influence participation in sports. Accessibility to facilities, clubs and activities is a crucial factor affecting participation.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'factor affecting participation'
factors affecting participation include gender, race/religion/culture, age, family/friends/peers, and disability, influencing access, attitudes and opportunities in sports.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Believing that only one factor can affect participation such as gender, when actally there are lots of factors that can affect participation in physical activity. Correction: Some people may not face any barriers to participation, however some people may experience a number of different factors that affect whether they are able to participate in a sport or not.
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