AS Level Physical Education

A Level

In Cheadle Hulme

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    A Level

  • Location

    Cheadle hulme

  • Duration

    2 Years

Physical Education is all about you in sport and PE - balanced, active and healthy lifestyles, participation, young people and performance as an elite athlete, a developing athlete, a coach or an official. The first year is a diverse foundation programme that leads on to more demanding work in the second year with links to year one. You will learn to analyse performances in terms of anatomy.

Important information

Government funding available

Facilities

Location

Start date

Cheadle Hulme (Cheshire)
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Cheadle Road, SK8 5HA

Start date

On request

About this course

You would normally be expected to have completed GCSE PE to at least a grade C as the units are designed to provide progression. However, if you have not, you will not be excluded from this option.

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Course programme


Physical Education (AS and A Level)

Physical Education

AS and A Level (OCR)

Campus: Cheadle and Marple (20.09.08)

Course overview

Physical Education is all about you in sport and PE - balanced, active and healthy lifestyles, participation, young people and performance as an elite athlete, a developing athlete, a coach or an official. The first year is a diverse foundation programme that leads on to more demanding work in the second year with links to year one. You will learn to analyse performances in terms of anatomy, physiology, psychology and socio-cultural issues. The emphasis is on linking theories to practical activities developing knowledge and understanding of the factors that enable you to be physically active as part of a balanced, active and healthy lifestyle.

AS Level (year one)

Unit One: An Introduction To Physical Education

How does your knee joint help you kick a ball? How does altitude affect the marathon runner? How can you motivate an athlete to achieve their best performance?

Sport in our society covers a wide range of topics physical activity, sport and culture and socio-cultural issues: What makes an activity sport rather than recreation? Consider other cultures and sport - Soccer, American Football, Australian Rules Football. You will consider the drug culture in sport; deviance; the media; sponsorship and why sport is so male dominated.

Unit Two: Acquiring, Developing, and Evaluating Practical Skills in Physical Education

Practical performance is essential to the understanding of theory. We encourage you to maintain your independence with your sporting commitments. You will be assessed in two practical activities going towards your overall AS grade. In discussion with your teacher you will identify strengths and weaknesses of a fellow student performing your sport including the health and fitness benefits of that activity and how they can improve.

A Level (year two)

Unit Three: Principles and concepts across different areas of Physical Education

Historical Studies

Sports Psychology

Exercise and Sport Physiology

Unit Four: The Improvement of Effective Performance and the Critical Evaluation of Practical Activities in Physical Education

Assessment of one practical activity

Evaluate performance of a fellow student and create a plan of improvement, in discussion with your teacher.

How you will learn

At AS Level you will have one practical class a week. Your teachers are passionate about their subject and deliver lively and enthusiastic lessons. You will learn through a variety of learning experiences including small class discussion, full class debate and plenty of focus on exam technique.

How you will be assessed

AS 60% 2 hour paper 3 compulsory questions

40% two practical performances, oral evaluation

A Level 2.5 hour written paper

Practical assessment, oral evaluation

Special entry requirements

You would normally be expected to have completed GCSE PE to at least a grade C as the units are designed to provide progression. However, if you have not, you will not be excluded from this option.

Other useful information

Exam results have been consistently well above the national average. Physical Education complements other subjects such as Psychology, Biology and Business Studies. It also goes well with BTEC Sports vocational courses. It can lead to careers in teaching, coaching and management as well as entry to a huge range of sports-related degrees at universities in sports development, sport with management studies, sports science, sports rehabilitation and physiotherapy.

AS Level Physical Education

Price on request