Sport and Society: Ethics, Technology and Contemporary Issues

What this unit covers

The resources look at how sport and society shape each other. Some trace history, such as the flashcards on industrial and post-industrial sport, where separate sports for lower and upper classes are set out. Others deal with modern issues: commercialisation, media, sponsorship, technology, drugs, violence and the law.

Where to start

Begin with the mind map Contemporary Issues In Sport. It lays out world games and what they bring, including large sponsorship deals, worldwide media attention and better sporting facilities. Then move to the flashcards on the golden triangle, which cover media, sponsorship and merchandising, and their benefits and disadvantages for sport.

Ethics, technology and commercialism

• The mind map on ethics in sport explains amateurism and its roots in Victorian athleticism.
• The Technology in sport mind map covers heart rate monitors, ICT programmes for comparing performance and biomechanical analysis.
• The flashcards on commercialisation of sport ask you to define sponsorship, advertisement and endorsement, with examples.
• Mind maps such as Why we should allow PEDs and Arguments against drugs let you weigh both sides.

Using quizzes and maps together

Read a mind map first, then try a quiz on the same theme. The quiz Unit 10: Media and Sponsorship asks what it is called when media and sponsors gain more power than governing bodies. If a question catches you out, go back to the map and flashcards for that topic. Flowcharts on talent ID, including the US and East German schemes, help with comparisons.

Where it sits

This unit belongs to the Sport and Society strand of Physical education and sport. Many resources mention GCSE and A-level PE, so they suit school students, and teachers can use them as ready-made material.

Choose one topic today, work through its map and flashcards, then see how much you remember.