Physical Education A-Level
Schools as enablers and barriers
What Schools as enablers and barriers means in Physical Education A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Schools can widen participation through compulsory core PE, extra-curricular clubs and school games competitions, yet can reproduce inequality when kit costs, travel, selective teams or limited facilities exclude some pupils.
Topics that use Schools as enablers and barriers
- Sociological theory applied to equal opportunities (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Agents of social control and their sanctions
- Barriers to participation
- Direct and indirect discrimination
- Disability
- Disadvantaged
- Discrimination
- Disease prevention through participation
- Distinguishing health, fitness, and social benefits
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