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HSBH3017: Disability, Sport and Social Inclusion
2020 unit information
The primary goal of this unit is to inform the understandings and practices of our future allied health professionals and health policymakers about: 1) sports participation from a disabled as well as able-bodied perspective (via reverse integration); 2) the dominant medical model of disability and how that shapes the approach of health professions towards people with impairments; 3) the social model of disability; 4) the potential role of sport, not just in the physical, but also the psychological and social rehabilitation, of people with impairments; 5) sport, not just as a physical activity, competition or leisure activity but as a social institution, which arises out of particular social and historical contexts in accordance with the interests of dominant social groups (ie able-bodied, medical profession); 6) how sporting practice is heavily shaped by social structures like gender and ableism but also that people who facilitate sport (like health professionals) are not completely constrained by these structures because ableism is ultimately either reproduced or challenged by everyday practices, attitudes and behaviours; 7) the role of sport in either promoting or reproducing the social inclusion and/or exclusion of people with impairments; 8) how sport can be emancipatory at the lived/embodied level; and 9) the role of sport in the lives of people with an intellectual disability.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Medicine and Health
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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(HSBH1003 OR HSBH1013) and complete a minimum of 48 credit points |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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None |
| Assumed knowledge:
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. appreciate sports participation from a disabled as well as an able-bodied perspective
- LO2. distinguish the dominant medical model of disability from the social model, and how each of these shapes the approach of health professions towards people with impairments
- LO3. critically evaluate sport, not just as a physical activity or competition, but as a social institution, which arises out of particular social and historical contexts in accordance with the interests of dominant social groups (i.e., able-bodied, medical profession)
- LO4. understand how sporting practice is heavily shaped by social structures like gender and ableism but that, at the same time, people who facilitate sport (like health professionals) are not completely constrained by these structures because ableism is ultimately either reproduced or challenged by everyday practices, attitudes, and behaviours
- LO5. critically analyse the role of sport in either promoting or reproducing the social inclusion and/or exclusion of people with impairments
- LO6. determine the potential role of sport, not just in the physical, but also the psychological and social rehabilitation, of patients/people with impairments
- LO7. understand how sport can be emancipatory at the lived/embodied level
- LO8. understand the role of sport in the lives of people with an intellectual disability.
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