My athletic identity
Through this resource unit from the Sport Studies collection, learn about sport and identity through athleticsl
About this resource
This planning and teaching resource unit (years 9–10) is part of the Sport Studies collection, which is one of the key areas of learning in health and physical education. It contains ideas to plan for teaching, learning, and assessment, with related resources and activities, to meet the identified learning needs of ākonga. See the resource carousel below for more.
My athletic identity
Sport studies collection
Context
Learning about sport and identity through athletics.
Unit aim
This unit explores the social and cultural significance of participation in athletics, both for the individual and for the school.
General overview
This unit uses the 5 Star Award scheme and assumes that the school is going to run some form of athletics/ tabloids competition (preferably towards the end of this sequence of lessons).
This unit can be modified to use a tabloids approach or a variable standards approach (where athletic standards are set to the ability level of each class).
Key area(s) of learning
Sports studies
Underlying concepts
This unit will enable ākonga to reflect on their attitude towards personal and community wellbeing (attitudes and values); and make a positive contribution to their own wellbeing and that of their school community (health promotion).
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Learning Outcome |
Learning experiences |
Assessment opportunities |
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5A4 |
Ākonga will investigate and describe their sense of self worth and its impact on their identity and participation in athletics. |
Ākonga pre-test their performances in athletics and identify and describe their attitude to athletics and how this relates to their sense of self worth and their desire to participate. Ākonga practise athletic events and post-test these. Ākonga reflect on their level of achievement and effort, and the impact of their achievement on their feelings of self worth. |
Ākonga complete pre- and post- records of attitude and ability and the impact on their desire to participate and their feelings of self worth. |
5D4 |
Ākonga will investigate and evaluate athletics in their school and make recommendations for future athletics programmes. |
Ākonga will investigate and evaluate athletics in their school and make recommendations for future athletics programmes. Ākonga discuss and rank social and cultural factors affecting why athletics is taught in their school. Ākonga discuss and rank social and cultural factors affecting their schools athletics day. Ākonga make recommendations on future athletics programmes. |
Ākonga complete the resource to rank social and cultural factors and, in groups, make recommendations about future athletics programmes. |
Possible teaching approaches
- Mosston's spectrum of teaching styles - Mosston describes ten distinctive teaching styles.
Possible lesson sequence
See Materials that come with this resource to download My athletic identity - Lesson sequence (.doc).
Ākonga resources
See Materials that come with this resource to download My athletic identity - Ākonga worksheet (.doc).
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