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SAPhysical Education

Focus Area 3: About Movement

5 dot points across 5 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

What barriers prevent people from being physically active, what enablers support participation, and how can interventions shift the balance?

Identify and analyse the barriers and enablers to physical activity participation, and evaluate strategies that reduce barriers and strengthen enablers.
The individual, social and structural barriers and enablers to physical activity, and how interventions can reduce barriers and strengthen enablers to lift participation.
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How equitable and inclusive is physical activity, and how can programs better include under-represented groups?

Analyse equity, inclusion and diversity in physical activity for under-represented groups, and evaluate strategies that make participation more inclusive.
How equity differs from equality, the under-representation of groups such as women, people with disability and First Nations Australians, and strategies that make participation more inclusive.
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How do governments, schools, sporting bodies and institutions shape who participates in physical activity?

Analyse how government policy, funding, schools and sporting institutions influence participation in physical activity, and evaluate their effectiveness.
How government policy, funding, schools and sporting institutions shape participation in physical activity through programs, infrastructure and pathways, and how to evaluate their effectiveness.
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How do sociocultural factors shape who participates in physical activity, how they participate, and the meaning it holds for them?

Analyse how sociocultural factors such as gender, culture, socioeconomic status and the media influence participation in physical activity.
How gender, culture, socioeconomic status, geography and the media shape who participates in physical activity, how they participate, and what it means to them.
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How has technology changed the way people perform, train for and participate in physical activity?

Analyse how technology influences performance, training, officiating and participation in physical activity, and evaluate its benefits and drawbacks.
How equipment, wearables, video analysis, officiating technology and digital apps influence performance, training and participation, and the benefits and drawbacks of each.
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