EDO3461 Sociocultural Foundations of Physical Activity (FOEDU)

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

Units 1.0 (Education Studies) Band 5

Synopsis

This course adopts a critical approach to physical activity, sport and recreation and challenges the taken for granted assumptions that such forms of human movement provide participants with various forms of capital: social, cultural and emotional. This course proposes the view - for analytical purposes - that sport (and other forms of physical activity) is a microcosm of a larger community and as such reproduces and emphasizes the dominant ideologies of that community. This analysis covers questions of what stands for sport, what its meanings are, who plays it, and who does not, and explores avenues for the potentially empowering and socially-beneficial work of teachers of physical education.