Lecture 8 Flashcards
what has happened in recent years with PE and sport
the blending of the two
historically what has relationship been between PE and sport
sharp divide
what type of sport are we discussing
where people play to win, for money, competitive sport (not u6 timbits)
what focus of competitive sport
always on winning
what is truth about focus of winning
true despite ideals, even amateur ideals always understood focus on winning
what is the problem we run into historically when it comes to developing youth
inability to separate sport development from winning
what is the worst thing to do when developing children in sports
emphasizing winning
- especially in team sports
if focus is on winning what happens
kids most often then not do not develop as players
example of negatives from focusing on winning when kids grow at different ages
- sticking tall 12 year old in post, stops developing in ball control (may have been really good at that)
- super fast 12 year old in soccer, kick ball long and tell kid to outrun everyone and score (in high level, everyone fast and may have been something special but development stalled because focus on one skill)
What is the dilemma between sport and winning
youth development cant be predicated on winning but sport is about winning
what is PE and sport in school supposed to be focused on
development
- develop people physically
what has their always been tension between
PE and sport
what have so many PE teachers or coaches internalized
winning message
- many played sports at high level
- must train brain not to think win, win, win with their team
- bit higher level you go more you obsess about winning
what has been very hard to solve
tension between sport/PE and winning
what has changed in last 30 years in PE
what is being taught
used to be how to learn sports
now emphasis on physical literacy, etc.
Where does the development of our education system start
ancient greeks, 2500 years ago
what is modern western civilization built off of
Greco roman ideas (greek roman)
up until last 70 years what has modern west idolized
Greco roman ideas
if in high school 70-80 years ago what was high likelihood they learnt
learnt how to read latin and speak ancient greek
- expectations to read ancient classics in original language
what are ideas of PE and ideals of what education is based off
greek ideas
what did greeks believe in
sound mind and body
what was ancient greeks idea of what physicality is
argued person needed to be strong physically as well as mentally
- to be physically strong had to have both
what were things that started in ancient greece
- gymnasiums in western context
- mixed martial arts
- olympics
- track, boxing, discus, javelin, marathons
- all played 2500 years ago in greece
what does huge chunk of ideas of sport and PE go back to
ancient greece
- also ideas of education
what did greeks prize
education, saw its value
what would greek rulers often hire
philosophers to teach their children
what went hand in hand
wisdom and education
where did the terms reading, writing, and arithmetic come from
ancient greece
who conquered greeks later on
romans but they adopted lots of greek traditions
how long did rome last
1000+ years and was the greatest empire europe has ever seen
what part of roman empire collapses
western part
what happens after western part of roman empire collapses
period of dark ages is ushered in
what happens with dark ages
education, information, and alot of stuff romans had gets lost
but after dark ages what did many people do
looked backwards to rome for hundreds of years
- idolized roman empire
what began to happen after years after roman empire fell but people idolized it
books and info from roman empire started to make way into western europe again
what kind of books began to flow into western europe
copies of plato and socrates, etc.
- lead to rebirth in classical literature
what did the rebirth of classical literature (plato, socrates, etc) create
renaissance period
what is reminder of renaissance period
- teenage mutant ninja turtles
- because of names (michaelangelo, donatello)
what did renaissance period lead to
embrace roman ideals, including PE and sport
- first ever manuals on PE
what did western europe start to implement in renaissance period
lots of ideas, especially ideas of education
what did they attempt to bring to PE in renaissance period
scientific vigor
In 19th century in britain, what did british aristocracy do
send their youth to very specific private schools to get proper education
- from there go to oxford or cambridge
what happens when canadian colonies are created
aristocrats copy british educatioon system
- create upper canada college, private school in ontario
- universities like mcgill, queens, dalhousie
what is the emphasis in these schools in canada
both body and mind
emphasis on PE
what happens when transition from elite education to mass education
emphasis on PE transitions with it
what caused mass education
social gospel movement
how did social gospel movement cause mass education
- trying to stamp out child labor
- viewed as wrong, work was dangerous and difficult
social gospel movemnet
19th century movement, trying to do good works and cleaning up canadian society
where did children work
factories
coal mines
particularly appalled by child prostitution