KNPE 167 Study Guide - Final Guide: Collateral Damage, Chris Borland, Disabled Sports
6 Dec 2016
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Look beyond physical performance and scores to see as social construction. Learn and acquire a deeper understanding of sport. Think about how to transform sport to make it equal for all. Sport as a force of social good: inspires healthy living, teamwork, valuable skills, healthy competition, teamwork, respect, etc. Sport as detrimental: reinforce gender stereotypes, competition can be taken too far, drug doping, gambling, consumerism, price, body images, injury, etc. Society: collection of people living in a defined geographical territory -- united by a political system and shared sense of self-identity. Vs. culture: parts that make up a society socially created ways of thinking, feeling and acting never constant, often site of conflict. High: "intellectual", civilized activity, arts, philosophy, produce certain cultural values that can differentiates class. Low: pop culture", practices of the masses, sports, reality tv, seen as distractions. Sociological imagination (mills): vivid awareness of relationship between experience and the wider society intersection of history and biography.
