topic 2 Flashcards
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what is a social group ?
a social group is people who interact with each other, share similar characteristics and have a sense of togetherness
name 5 different social groups
- gender
- age
- family/peers
- disability
- ethnicity/religion
- role models
- accessibility
- media coverage
- stereotypes
- education
- socio-economic factors
- health and wellbeing
- somatotypes
how does age affect participation ?
- accessibility, if you’re young you have to get driven to clubs/competitions, family isn’t prepared to do that, don’t have same opportunity. Some ages it’s difficult to find a class so they can’t participate.
- injury, older peoples health decreases so they’re more prone to injury, so they do not want to do sports
- negative attitudes, adolescents physically changing affects their ability, leads to low self esteem, confidence
- leisure time, if you are an adult and working you do not have time to do sports, parents with their children have no time
how does gender affect participation ?
- negative attitudes, e.g a boy joining netball, friends make fun of him leading to low self esteem, embarrassment, no friends of your gender do it
- sexism, girl playing rugby when stereotyped as more masculine, boys might make fun of the girl, saying girls cannot do sports
- lack of role models, fewer female sports role models so no encouragement or motivation to want to do it
- some religions see females doing sport as inappropriate
how does ethnicity and religion affect participation ?
- education, women cannot wear revealing sports clothing and some women cannot exercise in front of men, aren’t educated about female only gyms, do not do anything outside of school
- stereotyping, people saying they cannot do sport due to religion, so they feel less confident in themselves to do sport
- lack of role models, fewer role models in sport who are from certain ethnicities, religion so no one to look up to.
- Inclusiveness, people discriminate, are racist so they do not do sport so they do not get made fun of
- time, religious people may have less time as they spend lots of time with family, worshipping, praying
how do family/peers affect participation ?
family commitments, busy with family so you have no time for sports
- money, if your family cannot afford it you cannot do the sport, miss out on opportunities and family feels bad they cannot pay/provide
- negative attitude, if you grow up in a family that is negative about sports their opinion may rub off onto the child so they also do not want to participate
how does education affect participation ?
- if you are taught benefits of participating makes people want to do it more
- opportunities, if schools do after school clubs gives children opportunity to practice
how does time and work commitments affect participation ?
-long working hours gives people little time to do sports
- if you have children you cannot do sports as you have less time
how does money affect participation ?
-if you cannot afford to go or the things you need in support of your sport you miss out on opportunities and aren’t able to participate
how does disability affect participation ?
-physical barriers, many sports need to be adapted to enable participation
-access, special equipment is often required
-transport, may be difficult if in wheelchair
-communication, depending on disability, communicating may be hard
-psychological, some people lack confidence
-discrimination, some clubs do not provide for disabled people, think they cannot do it, they feel invalid to do sports
-opportunity, less things available
-awareness, lots of people aren’t aware of some disabled needs
-lack of role models, no one for people to look up to, aspire to be like
how does opportunity and access affect participation ?
- no facilities to carry out the sport so no one is able to train
- transport, little transport to get to the sports ground
- no facilities to cater needs for disabilities
how does discrimination affect participation ?
- people have less self esteem, due to racist, negative attitudes of others so they do not want to participate
how does environment and climate affect participation ?
- depending on weather in different countries, sports may be better suited to warmer/colder climates
how does media coverage affect participation ?
- increases popularity and knowledge for different sports
- promotes healthy lifestyle
- promotes role models
- minority sports can be under represented
- minority groups are under represented
- promotes people not doing exercise, just sitting and watching sport
- bad publicity can decrease popularity in some sports
how do role models affect participation ?
- people look up to them and are motivated to do sport
name 3 different strategies to improve participation
promotion (actively encouraging or publicising)
provision ( what is provided, supplied and arranged)
access(transport, entry, and opportunities of use)
give an example of how you promote participation ?
increase media coverage of women’s sport, ethnic minority sport, and disability sport
give an example of using provision to increase participation
more PE in national curriculum for schools
give an example on how access can improve participation ?
sports facilities need to be local, available and affordable
how can you improve participation in education ?
schools can provide opportunities for practising sports skills to build confidence
how can you improve participation in age ?
provide different age group activities/ lessons in clubs
how can you improve participation with role models ?
by having more role models from minority groups being advertised
give an example of how social groups create barriers
disabled people get stereotyped by others, getting made fun of, making them not want to do it
provide a solution to a given barrier to participation
having lots of different clubs that meet peoples specific needs so people feel comfortable to come