2013 - SOCIOLOGY AND HISTORY OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND SPORT

Subject type: Basic

Coordinator: Lluís Albesa Albiol

Trimester: Second term

Credits: 6

The present subject will be used to analyze physical exercise, physical activity and sport as one of the most important social phenomena in contemporary society. Whether as a manifestation of human movement throughout history or as a mass spectacle, these phenomena have become an essential part of the life and culture of modern man.

Cagigal said that sport is a global cultural phenomenon, a ubiquitous phenomenon. Indeed, sport covers many areas of social reality, such as physical education, society's lifestyles, health and quality of life, enjoying the natural environment through recreational activities; show sports, largely thanks to the mass media; coupled with this, competition and high performance, and so on. The aim of this subject is to analyze these different forms of expression of the sporting phenomenon, to better understand the nature of sport.

The aim of this subject is to analyze these different forms of expression of the sporting phenomenon, to better understand the nature of sport.

We will also reflect on the significance of the historical study of physical activity and sport in the context of the process of civilization. 

We will also understand the contradictory and ambivalent nature of sport. Physical activity and sport can be a source of education, health, social welfare, social integration, tolerance and solidarity. But they can also be ignorance, disease, alienation, conflict, violence, intolerance and exclusion.

This subject aims to promote the ability of students to reflect critically on the field of physical activity and sport in today's society. Practical activities in class and with different social groups will allow us to get closer to these realities, social and work.

Technology, information and social networks will be presented as the common thread of sport in the current Network Society at the same time as the environment and didactic resources of the subject.

Finally, this subject has methodological and digital resources to make possible its continuity in non-contact mode in the event that it is necessary for reasons related to the Covid-19. In this way, the achievement of the same knowledge and skills that are specified in this teaching plan will be ensured.

The methodology of the subject will be carried out combining face-to-face classroom time with autonomous work time, with the support of the virtual learning environment. The percentage of time the student spends is distributed as follows:

As a reminder, the weekly load is distributed as follows:

•  3 hours per week (average) of theoretical face-to-face sessions (distributed in 4 hours a week, 2 hours the next and so on).
•  3 hours a week of guided learning (distributed in 4 hours a week, 2 hours the next and so on).
•  9 hours a week of non-contact autonomous learning.

The total hours of student dedication will be 150 hours. during the quarter. 

HISTORY of physical activity and sport

1. The body and movement in the civilizations of antiquity.

Prehistory, Greece, Rome, Middle Ages.

1. The genesis of sport, physical education and modern physical activity.

English sportsmanship.

Gymnastic models in Europe (German, Swedish, French, etc.).

1. The emergence of the sporting phenomenon in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Beginning of Olympism.

Sport during fascism.

SOCIOLOGY of physical activity and sport

1. The Sports Network and the Information Society.

Postmodernism

1. Economy and work order.

Sports Globalization. Glocalization.

Labor market in the segment of physical activity and sport.

1. Socialization.

Sports socialization and socialization through sport. Socializing agents.

Social groups and sports practice.

The language.

Culture

Sports habits.

1. Violence, socialization and sport
2. Informationalism, technology and sport.

       Informational paradigm. Redefining sports practice.

1. Media: power and production.

Mass media and mass self media. Social Networks.

1. Politics and sport. .

Global and local policies. Sport, noopolitics and real politics.

1. Identity and sport.

       Gender, class, race, ethnicity, sexuality, religion.

1. Gender and sport
2. Great sporting events and sports tourism.

Sports mega-events. 

The activities of the subject follow the system of continuous evaluation, that is to say, that throughout the term the teacher proposes several activities, that the students must solve and deliver. The work of each one of the activities allows to value to the student, the follow-up that does to the asignatura and the elements of improvement, from the comments and notes that the professor will do of the activities.

The proposed activities can be individual or in work groups. The teacher gives the instructions so that the students can elaborate and deliver them.

The final grade of the student is the result of a continuous assessment through different assessment activities. The pass of the subject is obtained with a grade equal to or higher than 5 points (out of 10 points) according to the following weighting table:

0 - 4,9: Suspended

5,0 - 6,9: Approved

7,0 - 8,9: Notable

9,0 - 10: Excellent

The acquisition of skills by the student will be assessed through the system of continuous assessment.

The following describes the assessment activities, the competencies involved, and the weighting in the assessment.

REQUIREMENTS TO PASS THE CONTINUOUS EVALUATION:

All activities must have a grade equal to or higher than 5 points to average and that the continuous assessment is considered suitable. Suspended activities in first correction opt for reassessment. 

La total grade of the subject will come from the sum of the weighted mark of each evaluation activity (individual and group).

IMPORTANT:
In order for the continuous assessment to be considered suitable and thus avoid taking the resit exam, the overall mark of each student must be higher than 5 points. In the resit exam the maximum mark will be a 5. 

In case of suspending the continuous evaluation for the non-realization of the works, the student does not have the right to recovery and will suspend the subject.

The total or partial copy in any of the learning activities will mean a "Not Presented" in the subject, without option to present in the proof of recovery and without prejudice of the opening of a file for this reason.

RECOVERY: EXAM 

The exam in the recovery period will be in writing and will include the whole set of contents worked on during the school period. The structure of the exam will be reported in advance.

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