Kinesiology 2250A/B Lecture 6: Social foundations- unit 6

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 2250A/B
• Professor: Michael Heine

Document Summary

Social foundations (kin 2550a) sports, pa and social class. This is the last of the social determinants we are going to be covering social class doesn"t exist. They think that everyone has the opportunity to participate, watch (cid:498)free(cid:499) sport television and that success in sport is just dependent on hard work and ability wrong. Overall assumption: people think that sports is open to everyone and that class inequality. Resources in the form of money and power influence what sports you play and when, where, and how you play them. Informal games played by people of all ages often depend on the availability of facilities, equipment, and safe play spaces usually not found in low-income neighborhoods. Ex) these children are playing tetherball on a street sign illegally; this shows the resources they have. Ex 2) people with money and power usually sit in premium seats or boxes at sports games.