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Figueroa's Framework Essay

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In the 1990 professor, Peter Figueroa developed Figueroa’s framework, which was designed to investigate physical activity surrounded around sports and the equity and equality with in that. Figueroa’s framework has five separate levels which are interpersonal, cultural, institutional, structural and individual. Figueroa’s framework focus on three aspects of a person; these are values, attitude and beliefs. The aim of this presentation is to investigate and develop Figueroa’s framework and with that information about the barriers of physical activity and a in depth look at the levels of Figueroa’s framework. Figueroa’s framework is designed to investigate physical activity and the barriers with that. Each level of Figueroa’s framework is specifically targeted at a certain barrier that stops or allows physical activity. One of the barriers is the interpersonal level, an example is one of my own experience. When I was a child, two of my uncles use to play NRL and that was reflected on me, so when I became old enough to play they signed me up to play and so I did. The Interpersonal level is the influences of family, peers and teacher toward physical activity. …show more content…

The interpersonal level is the persons teachers, coaches, role models, family and peers and how they influents the person’s physical activity. Cultural level is a person’s values, beliefs, society's and attitude and how that effects physical activity. The Institutional level is the impact of sporting clubs and the physical activity with in a town or community. The structural level is the government, law makers and non-government sources and how they influences someone ability to do physical activity. The induvial level is some one’s personal outlook on physical education, as in self-assessment, self-esteem and attitude toward doing physical

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