1. St Johns College PE Revision Course AQA AS PHED 1
Session 1a
Opportunities for participation
Concepts & Objectives

2. Characteristics, Objectives and Benefits
Play
Leisure and recreation, active leisure
Outdoor and adventurous activities
Sport
Physical education
Relationships between them - compare and contrast
Benefits to the individual and to society.

3. Physical Activity Continuum
Physical Rec/ Active Leisure
Outdoor Rec/ Adventure Act
Play
Leisure PE
Sport
Competitiveness
Organisation
Seriousness
Spontaneity

4. Definitions & Characteristics
Intrinsic value
Non-serious
Enjoyment
PLAY
Spontaneous
Negotiation
Time
Rules
Time
Space

5. Play – Only for Children?
Child Play
Adult Play
Learning about reality
Escaping from reality
Not necessarily chronological!!
Jan02Q4
Ans

6. Play – key words Fun Spontaneous
Rules – changeable, negotiated, freely accepted
Unstructured – boundaries, equipment
Intrinsic value only
Can be serious
Fantasy world
Child like

7. Play - Objectives Children Adults Test boundaries
Experience risk – safely
Socialisation
Build independence, self esteem
Respect for others
Opportunity for social interaction
Adults
Forget responsibilties
Escape reality
Be childlike
Opportunity for creativity and fantasy

8. Leisure, Recreation, Physical Recreation
Done in free time
Free from other responsibilities
Freely chosen activity
Used for ease and relaxation
For enjoyment
A right – not a privilege
Recreation
To recreate – be creative, make anew
To refresh mind/body
Recuperation – from stress from work or obligations
Active Leisure?

9. “being physically active in one’s leisure time”
Active Leisure
“being physically active in one’s leisure time”
‘lifetime sports’

10. Outdoor and adventure activities
Outdoor education
Outdoor recreation
Adventure activity
Adventure education

11. Outdoor Education develops
Self-reliance
Leadership skills
Team work
Values
Trust in others
Decision-making

12. Real or Perceived Risk? More Predictable More Unpredictable
Subjective danger
Objective danger
Totally avoidable
Experience / Personality
Totally unavoidable

13. Adventure Activity – Adventure Education
Escapism/ Urban
No officials
Dangerous
But codes for safety
Characteristics
Exciting
Competitive
Challenging
Against self/elements
Cost
June02Q2
canoeing
Ans

14. Urban Adventure Adventure Sports Travel Costs Facilities
Inner City Community
Competitions
Adventure Sports
Rules
TID

15. Sport - Values
Resources
Intrinsic Extrinsic
Time
Sportsmanship
Commitment
Olympism
Selective
Prowess
Endeavour
Competitive
Striving
Cathartic

16. Sport - Characteristics
Technical specialisation -
Positions/Equipment
Organisational stringency
Time Bound
Codes of conduct
Codified Rules
Competitive Structures
Official Adjudication
Strategies
Space regulations
Jan02Q4

17. Sport - objectives for individual
Fulfil individual talent and potential
Challenge oneself – discover strengths & weaknesses
Release tension & stress – improve health & fitness
Build self-esteem
Accept rules & decisions
Work in a team or lead
Develop fair play, win with humility, lose with honour Q4

18. Sport - objectives for society
Socialisation
Prevent anti-social behaviour
Economic activity
Social control – a diversion
International relationships
Social morale

19. Sport - problems Win at all costs
Sport – part of the entertainment business
Crowd violence hooliganism
Performance Enhancing Drugs
Poor role models
Couch potatoes!

20. PE – What is it? “ a formal and useful body of knowledge
AQA Unit 2
PE – What is it?
“ a formal and useful body of knowledge
“ educating through bodily movement”
“learning in, about and through physical activity”
Skills, attitudes, fitness, appreciation
“knowing how, knowing about, knowing how it feels”
Revision Hand Outs & Notes

21. Socialisation – sharing, rules, fair play
PE – What is it?
Health - HRE
Socialisation – sharing, rules, fair play
Appreciation of movement/skill
Evaluating /Improving
Self/Others
Development of motor skills PE
Personal development – team work, leadership
Knowledge of physical activity/sport
National Curriculum

22. Physical Education skills leisure health work functional economic
life enriching
personal development
self-realisation
socialising
challenging
aesthetic
12-34

23. The expectations of the school activity experience
AQA Unit 2
Promote the school
Improve health & fitness
Develop school ethos
Sport PE
Provide a worthwhile activity for the young
Counter effects of social deprivation
Recreation
Reduce crime
The expectations of the school activity experience
Produce elite performers Q2
Revision Hand Outs & Notes

24. Relationship, Compare & Contrast
Organisation
Physical
Recreation
Outdoor/
Adventure
Play
Leisure PE
Sport
Competitiveness
Outdoor/
Adventure
Play
Leisure
Physical
Recreation PE
Sport

25. Benefits - Indivudual Health – physical, mental, social Relationships
Socialising
Challenged, stretched, development
Self fulfilment
Team working – Leadership
Learning about wider world, environment

26. Benefits – Society Why spend the money?
Community health – reduce costs
Economic activity
Role models – social development
National self-esteem
Shop window effect
Reducing anti-social behaviour
Government responsibility for the individual