Physical Education A-Level
Access, patronage and participation
What Access, patronage and participation means in Physical Education A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Access, patronage and participation
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Reference: AQA
The upper class held land and inherited wealth and often acted as patrons and organisers rather than participants, while long hours, low pay and poor housing limited working-class sporting opportunities.
Topics that use Access, patronage and participation
- Industrial and post-industrial (1780–1900) (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Amateurism and payment
- Athleticism
- Class and racial inequality in sport access
- Codification of sport
- Governance and regulation
- Gradual and limited expansion of women's participation
- Imperial expansion and global trade
- Industrialisation and changing leisure time
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