OCR GCSE

Physical Education

Key Contact: Mr Davey

CAREER OPTIONS

Sports Coach, Personal Trainer, Sports Development Officer, Physical Education Teacher, Sports Therapist, Sports Psychologist, Physiotherapist, Dietitian, Public Services

GCSE Physical Education will equip learners with the knowledge, understanding, skills and values to develop and maintain their performance in physical activities and understand the benefits to health, fitness and well-being.

This will require them to:

develop theoretical knowledge and understanding of the factors that underpin physical activity and sport and use this knowledge to improve performance
understand how the physiological and psychological state affects performance in physical activity and sport
perform effectively in different physical activities by developing skills and techniques and selecting and using tactics, strategies and/ or compositional ideas
develop their ability to analyse and evaluate to improve performance in physical activity and sport
understand the contribution which physical activity and sport make to health, fitness and well-being
understand key socio-cultural influences which can affect people’s involvement in physical activity and sport.

This course will prepare learners for the further study of PE or sports science courses as well as other related subject areas such as psychology, sociology and biology. Learners will also develop the transferable skills that are in demand by further education, Higher Education and employers in all sectors of industry.

The content of GCSE Physical Education is divided into four components.

Component 01: Physical factors affecting performance

Students explore how parts of the human body function during physical activity and the physiological adaptations that can occur due to diet and training. They also develop skills in data analysis, and an understanding of the principles of training, why we train in different ways and how training plans can be made to optimise results.

There are two topics:

• Applied anatomy and physiology

• Physical training.

Component 02: Socio-cultural issues and sports psychology

Students develop their knowledge of the social-cultural and psychological influences on levels of participation in sport, and also how sport impacts on society more broadly. This includes the individual benefits to health, fitness and well-being of participating in physical activity, as well as the influences of commercialisation, sponsorship and the media.

There are three topics:

• Socio-cultural influences

• Sports psychology

• Health, fitness and well-being.

Component 04: Practical performances

Students are assessed in performing three practical activities and one performance analysis task. In the practical performance, they demonstrate effective performance, the use of tactics or techniques and the ability to observe the rules and conventions under applied conditions.

Component 05: Analysis and evaluation of performance (AEP)

Students are required to demonstrate their ability to analyse and evaluate their own or a peers practical performance to produce an action plan for improvement.

GCSE Physical Education combines theoretical knowledge and practical ability.

This course is ideally suited to learners who enjoy taking part in a range of physical activities which they can perform to a high standard, but more importantly also enjoy learning about the theoretical components behind sports performance. This course can lead to a successful career in the sport and leisure sector.

Physical Education is a subject that involves discussion, team work, analysis, evaluation in both a practical and classroom-based setting which students will enjoy contributing to and taking part in. With state-of-the-art sports facilities including a full-size sports hall, fitness suite and 4G astro turf incoming, alongside a fully resourced and engaging course, this presents an effective learning environment creating plenty of opportunities for success.