KINE 1000- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 33 pages long!)

• School: York University
• Department: Kinesiology & Health Science
• Course: KINE 1000
• Professor: Hernan Humana

Document Summary

What does it mean to think critically: metacognition, deeper analysis. Identify how power operates: not always oppressive. Identify process of social construction: to question norms, common sense ideas are filled with power relations, account for social context, how it impacts individuals. To identify social constructivism social imagination is required. Interdependent relationship btwn individuals and social forces that shape our lives: that realization that not all private trouble is a public issue, private: personal problems (cant get out of bed etc. ) Something affecting you individually: public: problems we occupy within the social structure (i. e. increasing unemployment) Individuals in the same circumstance may face the same situation i. e. unemployment of a particular racial group is low in comparison to other groups: there are others who are facing unemployment crisis as well. Individuals that are in the same social position as you are facing the same troubles: recognizing the connection.