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
how does age affect participation ?
how does gender affect participation ?
how does ethnicity and religion affect participation ?
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 ?
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 ?
how does discrimination affect participation ?
how does environment and climate affect participation ?
how does media coverage affect participation ?
how do role models affect participation ?
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