EDU3461 Socio-Cultural Foundations of Physical Activity (FOEDU)

Semester 1 (ONC)Toowoomba (ONC)Fraser Cst (ONC)Springfld

Units 1.0 (Teacher Education) Band 5

State law in Queensland (Australia) requires that all adults working/undertaking professional experience/researching with children under the age of 18, in the state of Queensland are required to possess a current suitability card (Blue Card). (See "Other Requirements" for further information.) Also see: http://www.childcomm.qld.gov.au/employment/bluecard/informationSheets.html.

Synopsis

This course takes a critical perspective of physical activity, sport and recreation and challenges the taken for granted assumptions that give these forms of human movement its cultural capital. There is an analysis of what stands for sport, what are its meanings, who plays it, and who does not. An analysis of the body as the site of physical activity is undertaken from a sociological, philosophical and psychological perspective.