Students learn about:

• The beginnings of modern sport in 19th century England and colonial Australia
  • Links with manliness, patriotism and character
  • The meaning of amateur and professional sport
  • Women’s historical participation in sport
    
    
• Sport as a commodity
  • The development of professional sport
  • Sport as big business
  • Sponsorship, advertising and sport
  • The economics of hosting major sporting events
  • Consequences for spectators and participants.

Students learn to:

• Compare the nature of sport in the 19th century with sport in today’s society. Consider questions such as:
  • How have the meanings of amateur and professional sport changed?
  • How did the meanings of sport differ for different social groups?
  • How did women’s and men’s sports participation differ and why?
• Analyse the consequences for various sports as they have adopted a business focus.

Extract from PDHPE Stage 6 Syllabus. © 2009 Board of Studies NSW.