Physical Education A-Level
Athleticism
What Athleticism means in Physical Education A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Athleticism
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The values of character, discipline and leadership promoted through team games in public schools, which spread through society via teachers, clergy and ex-pupils.
Topics that use Athleticism
- Industrial and post-industrial (1780–1900) (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Access, patronage and participation
- Amateurism and payment
- 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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