KHP 200 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: New York State Council On The Arts, Demography Of The United States, Puritans
14 Nov 2016
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Studied and analyzed by scholars in many disciplines since the 1950"s. 1970"s national and global sport culture emerges. Can be intensely communal for spectator and player. Sport has power to teach reflection between self and society. Attitude of freedom or release from demands of ordinary life. Discretionary time left over after all of life"s other commitments. Sport is a manifestation of play or an institutionalized form of play. Doesn"t produce products yet fully absorbs us. When experiences in pe and fitness should have strong play elements for continued participation to be sustained, sport is no longer considered playful. Early knowledge about the physical and social world is acquired through play. Adult: subordination of rules, calculation, contrivance, ritual. Appreciation for practice, skillfulness, strategy, ritual, and tradition characterize more mature forms of play. Definition: any form of playful competition where outcome is determined by physical skill, strategy, or chance employed alone or by chance.
