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EDUF3023: Sport: Contemporary Educational Issues

2024 unit information

Understanding sport is central to understanding Australian culture and Australians' sense of who they are in the world. In this unit we dissect the role played by youth sport in Australian society (including school physical education and sport, organised community sport and other organised youth physical activity) from an historical, socio-cultural and practical perspective, focussing on emerging theories of youth sport and sport issues. These include how youth sport and sport in general have been constructed over time and how each relates to themes of class, gender, age, ethnicity, sexuality, social identity, policy, politics, commercialism, nationalism, colonialism, disability and racism.

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Education

Code EDUF3023
Academic unit Education
Credit points 6
Prerequisites:
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42 credit points of units
Corequisites:
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None
Prohibitions:
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None
Assumed knowledge:
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None

At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:

  • LO1. demonstrate an understanding of the role educational institutions played in the fostering of physical education and school sport
  • LO2. apply an understanding of the role played by various policy stakeholders, such as government and educational organisations, in the development and promotion of youth sport
  • LO3. critically analyse the relationship of sport to society and the construction of identities, especially in relation to age, class, gender, ethnicity, ability and sexuality
  • LO4. analyse the meanings given to sports by a range of cultural and/or population groups
  • LO5. critique your own understanding of the complex relationship between sport, nationalism, politics and policy
  • LO6. analyse research examining the influence of sociological factors on the way youth participate in and value participation in sport
  • LO7. communicate relevant knowledge, attitudes, skills and behaviours to others in written and oral forms.

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Semester 2 2024
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
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Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 2 2020
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 2 2021
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 2 2021
Normal day Remote
Semester 2 2022
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 2 2023
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney

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