IGCSE PHYSICAL EDUCATION

What will students learn?

The students will study a variety of topics as outlined below:

• Health, fitness and well-being (physical, social and emotional benefits of sport and what is a balanced diet)

• Applied anatomy and physiology (bones and muscles of the body and the effects that exercise has on the body)

• Sports Psychology (classification of skills, the use of goal setting and mental preparation for sport)

• Physical Training and data (components of fitness, how to optimise training to prevent injury, effective use of warm up)

• Socio-cultural differences in sport (engagement patterns of different social groups and the commercialisation of sport)

• Movement Analysis (Lever systems, planes and axes of motion)

• Students will also play and be practically assessed in three sports of their choice (1 Team, 1 individual and 1 team/individual sport) in addition to completing a practical fitness unit regarding how they can improve their fitness over a period of time.

Entry requirements

Skills and understanding

Information processing: This course prepares you for a career either in professional sport or the general world of work where you will need to condense information into an understandable way.

Practical applicaton: You will use a variety of methods to investigate each area of study such as analysising your own sporting performance using video and statistics. You will not just be learning about each topic in a classroom.

Statistical Analysis: You will interpret performance data to investigate the strengths and weaknesses of your own fitness performance.

Knowledge and understanding: You will focus on and be able to explain key concepts precisely.

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Component name Fitness and Body Systems

This course links well with Biology and prospective students should have a keen interest regarding the role science plays in sport. Students should have a very keen interest in a variety of sports and represent the school and/or local teams in competitive sport due to the practical assessment of the course. Students need to play both individual and team sports on a regular basis both in and outside of school as they will be assessed in three different sports. Students are strongly advised to purchase a personalised exam t-shirt at the start of the course so that they can be clearly identified when filming the practical parts of the course. Click here to see more course specifications.

Health and Performance Practical Performance Personal Exercise Programme

Assessment method Exam Exam Practical Coursework

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