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EDUH4058: Sport and Learning in Australian Culture
2025 unit information
Sport and Learning in Australian Culture provides students with a socially critical perspective on the place, meaning and practice of sport in contemporary Australian society and culture. Focused on the range of learning that takes place through youth's engagement in sport, it examines the practice of sport at levels ranging from elite international sport to grassroots sport. In striving to provide a meaningful educational experience this unit places students' first hand experiences of Australian sporting culture at the centre of the unit of study through the provision of field trips to relevant sporting events in Sydney. These involve attending sporting events ranging from Super Rugby Union to Australian Rules football matches. These experiences of Australian sporting culture are informed by a socially critical examination of sport in Australia through lectures, field trips, assessments and readings.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Arts and Social Sciences
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Education |
| Credit points | 6 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. demonstrate an understanding of why sport assumes such importance in Australian society
- LO2. explain the relationship between Australian sport and the construction of identities, especially in relation to class, gender, ethnicity and sexuality
- LO3. identify features of Australian sporting culture that are characteristically Australian and locate them within a historical, social and educational context
- LO4. identify the differences and tensions between the traditional model of sport and the emerging model of sport as a commodity in Australia
- LO5. identify and explain the processes of globalisation and commodification of sport and how this impacts on the learning and practice of sport in Australia
- LO6. demonstrate an understanding of the changing place and practice of youth sport (schools and community sport).
Unit availability
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Semester 1 2024
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney | |
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Semester 2 2024
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Semester 1 2025
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Intensive February 2025
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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