How ethnography highlighted the value of curling for communities

Suitable for 14-to-19-year olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, sports clubs and at home.

This resource links to KS4 and KS5 social science and physical education.

It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks:
Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information
Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers

• This teaching resource explains the work of Professor Heather Mair, a recreation and leisure researcher at the University of Waterloo in Canada. She is investigating the social role of curling in rural Canada and increasing the accessibility of the sport.

• This resource also contains an interview with Heather and offers an insight into careers in recreation and leisure.

• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Heather’s research and challenges them to conduct their own study to investigate the impact of recreation and leisure activities at school on those who participate.

• The article and activity sheet are also available in French.

This resource was first published by Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-to-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE).

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