What and where is the sport The impact

What and where is the sport?

The impact of world sporting events on the teaching of geography

The impact of world sporting events on the teaching of geography How can sport be used in geography? How does sport help pupils learning? How does sport fit into the geography curriculum?

Making Connections (how can sport be used in geography) Recreational Geography The geography of sport The geography curriculum Theme of literature Using sport in teaching

Making Connections (how can sport be used in geography) Place Culture Population Identity Sport infrastructure Economy Tourism

Making Connections (how can sport be used in geography) Recreational Geography & the Geography of sport “Geography of Leisure” (Bale, 1981) • Growing industry, Media, Television, Rapid growth as a result of popular sporting events • Ignored with academic geography, should be given a higher priority - produced framework. • Presence of sport (recreational and commercial) justify its place within the curriculum (sufficient interest from students) • However: Is it practical? Heavy influence from American education system – Popularity? “Geography of Sport” (Bowden, 2001) (Storey, D) • Cultural and historical in its approach. • Stadiums & landscapes. Identity. • Cultural geography – gap between players & supporters. Globalisation, gender & women's sports, local & global scales.

Making Connections (how can sport be used in geography) “This changing world – The London 2012 Olympics” (Digby, 2008)

Making Connections (how can sport be used in geography) “This changing world – The London 2012 Olympics” (Digby, 2008) Regeneration s t c a p m I c i m o Brow n o c E nfiel Social Hou d s i n g E n v i r o g n n m i ental Impac Brand ts Sustainability y Infrastructure & c a g planning Le Transp Cultu ort re Community

Making Connections (how can sport be used in geography) Sport in the Geography Curriculum KS 3: Integrate within broader subjects, topics or lesson ideas Breadth of topic Popularity Relevance KS 4: No stand alone sport element The teaching of sport in geography

Making Connections (how can sport be used in geography) Observations • Geography within sport encompasses a range of elements from the core of geography. (For example those identified from Digby’s analysis of the Olympic Games) • Sport is becoming a recognised case-study in which concepts such as culture, race, gender etc. can be taught at various levels. • Using sport in geography stems from the notion of cultural and recreational geography, however these ideas are integrated into broader topics to allow the teaching of sport within geography.

Half Time!

Has anyone used sport in their teaching of Geography? What examples have you used? Why have you used this example? How did your pupils respond to such topics? What did they learn? Is it something you would try again?

Quotes for the effectiveness of sport in Geography on pupil learning the level of interest shown by the students is often high…sporting events provide excellent examples of geography in action (Rawding, 1999) Sustainability is a concept that students tend to find either rather vague or difficult’. Using sport to teach the concept (ie Sydney Olympics, 2000) can make some concrete sense of the more abstract aspects. (Digby, 2007)

Teacher perceptions of sport in the curriculum Chubb, ND, Sport and Geography, University of Cumbria An investigation into teacher perceptions of sport in lessons through a Postal survey of partnership schools in Cumbria, Lancashire and North Yorkshire

Is the teaching of Geography using sport limited to KS 3? Discuss…

Is the teaching of Geography using sport limited to KS 3? On your table is a card sort – do we think these lesson titles are KS 3 or KS 4? Going for Gold Sport relief Where did Andy Murray’s Tennis ball come from? Brazil – World cup How has the aeroplane Geography effected world sport? How do Newcastle How sustainable is world sport? United travel to their Bundesliga Case Study Premiership matches (Year ? , Map work) Dodgeball – Africa’s The world cups effect on playground game South Africa Will the 2012 Olympics be sustainable? How has sporting media of the Brazil world cup changed public opinion in the UK London Olympics – The economy Sochi, the warm winter Olympics booklet of Wimbledon - the Olympics Geography of sport

Is the teaching of Geography using sport limited to KS 3? KS 3 KS 4 Going for Gold How has the aeroplane effected world sport? Sport relief Will the 2012 Olympics be sustainable? Where did Andy Murray’s Tennis ball come from? Dodgeball – Africa’s playground game Brazil – World cup Geography How sustainable is world sport? How do Newcastle United travel to their Premiership matches (Year ? , Map work) London Olympics – The economy Bundesliga Case Study How has sporting media of the Brazil world cup changed public opinion in the UK The world cups effect on South Africa Sochi, the warm winter Olympics booklet of Geography Wimbledon - the Geography of sport

Making Connections (how can sport be used in geography) Sport in the Geography Curriculum KS 3: Integrate within broader subjects Breadth of topic Popularity Relevance KS 4: No stand alone sport element The teaching of sport in geography

Extra Time Plenary - In tables, come up with a lesson outline for the teaching of a future world sporting event. What year is your lesson pitched at? What sporting event have you chosen? What Geography can be learnt from this event? Where does it sit within the curriculum?

Any questions?

References Bale, JR (1981) Geography, sport and Geography education vol. 66, no. 2, pp 104 -115 by GA Bowden, M (2001) Geography of sport, international encyclopaedia of social and behavioural sciences. Chubb, S (ND) Sport and Geography, University of Cumbria De Chano, L & Shelley, F (2004) ‘Using sports to teach geography’, Journal of Geography, vol. 103, no. 5, p. 185 Digby (2008) ‘Geography’ vol. 93, pp 40 -47 Rawding, C (1999) ‘World Cup Geography’, Teaching Geography, vol. 24, no. 1, p. 30