Week 3

learning outcomes

By the end of the week

  • We have developed a questionnaire to be shared with OSC, other students around New Zealand
  • We have completed this survey at Itime on Friday (each student collecting at least 3 responses from other OSC students)

Personal factors

Personal factors are things like

  • Gender
  • Age
  • Ability
  • Confidence
  • Time
  • Fear of success
  • Fear of failure

Questions to consider when refleting on personal factors and the significance of P.A and sport participation

  • Why do girls participate in physical activity?
  • Why do boys participate in physical activity?
  • Are there significant differences between boys & girls in physical activity? If so, why do we think this?
  • Is physical activity valued more by boys or girls?
  • Factors such as pervious achievement, ability, self-confidence and personality are all factors when deciding to be involved in P.A. Why would these be important?

Social factors

Social factors consider the impact that the following people have on encouragement for young people to become involved in physical activity/ sport and to remain physically active.

  • Family
  • Parents
  • Brothers & sisters
  • Wider circle of friends
  • Peers



Positives


Negatives


environmental factors

Environmental factors include things such as

  • locations
  • access to transport
  • weather
  • access to facilities
  • emphasis of sport/ physical activity and subjects from the school
  • Does Ormiston Senior College value sport/ physical activity?
  • If the school values sport/ physical activity would that influence young people to participate more?
  • What impact can a negative attitude towards sport/ physical activity have on participation levels?
  • Some Physical Education departments have moved away from having sport based focuses such as rugby, soccer, cricket into themes such as "risk and challenge", "invasion games" or " "striking and fielding" to support students who are less skilled. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this appraoch?