Students are expected to write critical autobiographical descriptions throughout the semester as part of their ‘Our Sporting Lives’ project. These reflections provide points of reference for the Our Sporting Lives project, track understandings of social and cultural differences for the courses concluding dialogues, and contribute to discussions by prompting students to think about how course concepts apply to their own lived experiences.
Module 1 topic reflections will build upon each other to deepen personal reflections by integrating additional research. Students will first write an empirical/experiential reflection, next summarize a related additional scholarly source, and finally synthesize their empirical and scholarly sources to further critically reflect on their gendered sporting experiences.
Module 1 topic reflection 3 is due by midnight on Friday, October 9th. Each of the Module 1 topic reflections are worth 10 points and the topic reflections together are worth 20% of the total course grade.
Please note: This class, and these reflections and the discussions they will prompt, are for students with all levels of experiences with sport – elite and recreational, team and individual, participant or consumer (i.e. fan), enriching and alienating, inclusive and exclusive. Please utilize topic reflections to think and write about these experiences, whatever they may be.
Module 1 topic reflection 3, Re-examining our (Gendered) Sporting Lives
Assignment Criteria
Module 1 topic reflection 3 (10 points) will be evaluated on the following criteria. Each of the criteria will be graded as complete, incomplete, or absent.
Synthesis (8 points)
Synthesize your personal empirical (lived) experience (Module 1 topic reflection 1) with your selected scholarly source (Module 1 topic reflection 2) (approx. 250 words; paragraph format; in the following order)
2 points; Briefly (1-2 sentences) re-state 1 or both of the reflections (conforming and/or challenging gender ideology) you provided as part of your Module 1 topic reflection 1.
2 points; In what ways does your selected scholarly source further illustrate others’ sporting experiences as conforming to gender ideology (e.g. sports as reaffirming males as dominant and masculine, and females as physically inferior and feminine; gender inequity in sport through rules, funding, access to facilities, quality/quantity of media coverage, etc.; heteronormativity and homophobia) AND/OR challenging gender ideology (e.g. the acceptance of diverse forms of masculinity, femininity, and sexuality; female athletes and athletics as equal).
4 points; In what ways does your selected scholarly source provide further insights to, and understandings of, your own personal gendered sporting experience as conforming to gender ideology (e.g. sports as reaffirming males as dominant and masculine, and females as physically inferior and feminine; gender inequity in sport through rules, funding, access to facilities, quality/quantity of media coverage, etc.; heteronormativity and homophobia) AND/OR challenging gender ideology (e.g. the acceptance of diverse forms of masculinity, femininity, and sexuality; female athletes and athletics as equal).
Connect your personal experience(s) to key points from your selected scholarly source to re-examine your initial reflection (e.g. how does it allow you to further critically reflect on your gendered sporting experiences?)
revisit what you wrote for the critique portion of your Module 1 topic reflection 2 contribution (e.g. how will the article be useful to reflect on your own sporting experience(s)?)
Support (2 points)
Support the connections between your personal experience and selected scholarly source through paraphrasing (Author, Year) or direct citations (Author, Year, p. #).
Students should use correct APA in-text citation when paraphrasing or directly quoting from sources.
For examples of correct APA citation format, see: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/.
Incorrect citation practices can result in plagiarism. Plagiarism is defined by the CLAS Code of Academic Honesty as “using the words, sentences, arguments, rhetorical structures, and ideas of another without proper citation and acknowledgment” and includes:
Failing to use quotation marks properly or when needed, give a source for quoted materials, give a source for paraphrases, paraphrase language completely, and/or cite sources correctly and completely
Students should provide an APA-formatted bibliographic citation for your selected scholarly source at the end of their reflection
For examples of correct APA bibliographic format, see: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/.
