Sample programme 3: Sport and society
This level 8 programme focuses on the context of sport. Students will:
- critically analyse the role and place of sport for themselves, others, and society
- critically analyse the biophysical and sociocultural aspects of sport in relation to performance improvement and participation
- devise, apply, and evaluate strategies to enhance opportunities to participate in sport.
For a more detailed framework for a leadership unit that includes the key competencies, see
Sample programme 4: Framework for a leadership unit.
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Unit 1: Coaching in context
In this unit students will examine aspects of the coaching process, with the aim of improving performance in a selected sporting context.
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level 8 achievement objectives include (but not are limited to) A1, A2, A4, B2, B4, C1, C2, C3, D1, D2, D3.
Possible areas of investigation include:
- Know your athlete(s).
- Critically analyse the knowledge associated with the application of scientific and technological knowledge in a coaching context.
- Learning in this section could contribute to assessment for AS91499 Physical education 3.2: Analyse a physical skill performed by self or others and AS91500 Physical education 3.3: Evaluate the effectiveness of a performance improvement programme.
- What sociocultural factors influence the coaching process and the ability of the individual or team to develop their performance?
- The application of leadership principles and strategies as part of the coaching context.
- Learning in this section could contribute to assessment for AS91505 Physical education 3.8: Examine contemporary leadership principles applied in physical activity contexts.
Possible assessments
Possible assessment opportunities could be selected from the following achievement standards:
- AS91499 Physical education 3.2: Analyse a physical skill performed by self or others
- AS91500 Physical education 3.3: Evaluate the effectiveness of a performance improvement programme
- AS91505 Physical education 3.8: Examine contemporary leadership principles applied in physical activity contexts
Departments will select the most appropriate assessment for the chosen learning.
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Unit 2: Sport – me, the school, and the community
In this unit students examine the relationships between young people and sport in order to take action to better meet the sporting and/or physical activity needs of young people.
Links to the
level 8 achievement objectives include (but are not limited to) A1, A2, A4, B2, B4, C3, D1, D2, and D3.
Possible areas of investigation include:
- A critical examination of the role of sport in the well-being of young people.
- Participation in a variety of sporting contexts with the aim of critiquing their relevance for young people.
- A critical examination of young people’s need for planned sport and physical activity opportunities.
- The influence of cultural attitudes and values on young people’s participation in planned sporting and physical education opportunities.
- Future sporting needs beyond school.
- Learning in this section could contribute to assessment for AS91498 Physical education 3.1: Evaluate physical activity experiences to devise strategies for lifelong well-being and AS91502 Physical education 3.5: Examine a current physical activity event, trend, or issue and its impact on New Zealand society.
- A critical examination of sporting opportunities in the school or community – is this what young people want?
- What does the school and/or community value about sport?
- Do the sporting opportunities available in the school and community meet the needs of young people?
- Learning in this section could contribute to assessment for AS91502 Physical education 3.5: Examine a current physical activity event, trend, or issue and its impact on New Zealand society and AS91503 Physical education 3.6: Evaluate the use of health promotion to influence participation in physical activity.
- Devising and developing ways of enhancing the factors that enable participation in sporting opportunities.
- Addressing the barriers to participation.
- Consideration of future sporting needs beyond school.
- Learning in this section could contribute to assessment for AS91498 Physical education 3.1: Evaluate physical activity experiences to devise strategies for lifelong well-being and AS91502 Physical education 3.5: Examine a current physical activity event, trend, or issue and its impact on New Zealand society.
Possible assessments
Possible assessment opportunities could be selected from the following achievement standards:
- AS91498 Physical education 3.1: Evaluate physical activity experiences to devise strategies for lifelong well-being
- AS91502 Physical education 3.5: Examine a current physical activity event, trend, or issue and its impact on New Zealand society
- AS91503 Physical education 3.6: Evaluate the use of health promotion to influence participation in physical activity
- AS91505 Physical education 3.8: Examine contemporary leadership principles applied in physical activity contexts
Departments will select the most appropriate assessment for the chosen learning.
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Unit 3: Sport and beyond
In this unit students will critically examine the nature of sport in a wider context – for example, issues in sport, trends in sport, and major sporting events.
Links to the
level 8 achievement objectives include (but not are limited to) A4, B4, C3, D1, D2, D3, and D4.
Possible areas of investigation include:
- The sociology of sport (for example, national identity, the social construction of sport, and the commodification of sport).
- Critical examination of the factors that influence people’s ideas about sport, which sports are valued in school, what messages we get from the sporting world, and the role and the place of the media in sport.
- The role of sport (nationally and internationally) and the effect of sport on individuals and society.
- Learning in this section could contribute to assessment for AS91498 Physical education 3.1: Evaluate physical activity experiences to devise strategies for lifelong well-being and AS91502 Physical education 3.5: Examine a current physical activity event, trend, or issue and its impact on New Zealand society.
Possible assessments
Possible assessment opportunities could be selected from the following achievement standards:
- AS91498 Physical education 3.1: Evaluate physical activity experiences to devise strategies for lifelong well-being
- AS91502 Physical education 3.5: Examine a current physical activity event, trend, or issue and its impact on New Zealand society
- AS91503 Physical education 3.6: Evaluate the use of health promotion to influence participation in physical activity
Departments will select the most appropriate assessment for the chosen learning.
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Unit 4: Getting through the exams
In this unit students will critically examine how sport and physical activity may support learners’ well-being as they move towards the end of the programme and external assessment.
Students discuss and analyse how involvement in various types of physical activity and/or sport may support well-being in times of stress. They co-construct a physical activity/sport programme to meet these needs.
There is no assessment for this unit. It is envisaged as an opportunity for students to continue to apply their learning about the role and place of physical activity and sport in the lives of young people.
This unit could very deliberately be based on the first three key competencies: thinking; using language, symbols, and texts; and managing self.
Last updated September 20, 2012
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