Course: Theory of lifestyle sports

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Course title Theory of lifestyle sports
Course code KRL/TALS
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Šebek Luděk, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Hoffmannová Jana, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Introduction - background of lifestyle sports Terminology of lifestyle sports Theory and concepts of inclination to lifestyle sports Lifestyle sports environments - natural and urban landscapes Lifestyle sports myths and appropriation of symbolic capital Research areas and methods in lifestyle sports Key features of lifestyle sports Holism, wellness, and community - focus on community strengths and resilience Gender and lifestyle sports Lifestyle sport activities and social inclusion Effects of Olympics inclusion on lifestyle sports Individualization in lifestyle sports training Politics and consumption of lifestyle

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
  • Homework for Teaching - 23 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 52 hours per semester
  • Semestral Work - 40 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Exam - 20 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Aim of the subject is to provide insight and understanding of lifestyle sports

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark

Active participation in 80% of lectures E-learning - assisted collaborative work in pairs: Coaching practices in a chosen activity involving production of a short instructional video Organization of video conference on Lifestyle sports' natural and urban environmets Exam: Micro ethnography or collaborative autoethnography in selected lifestyle sport, presentation of ethnography findings
Recommended literature
  • Clark, C. Ch. (2002). Health Promotion in Communities: Holistic and Wellness Approaches. Springer Series Berlin: Springer.
  • Ellis, C. (2004). The Ethnographic I: A Methodological Novel about Autoethnography. Walnut Creek CA: Rowman Altamira.
  • Chang, H., Ngunjiri, F., & Hernandez, C. A. C. (2013). Collaborative Autoethnography. Walnut Creek CA: Left Coast Press.
  • Lehnert, M., Hoffmannová, J., Neuls, F., Botek, M., & Šebek, L. (2012). Individualization in Sports Training. In Anaerobic Perfomance. Assessment and Training (pp. 135-146). Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého.
  • Rinehart, R. E., & Sydnor, S. (2003). To the extreme: alternative sports, inside and out. Albany, N.Y: State University of New York Press.
  • Thorpe, H. (2011). Snowboarding bodies in theory and practice. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Wheaton, B., & Thorpe, H. (2011). The Olympic Movement, action sports, and the search for Generation Y. In Watching the Olympics: Politics, Power and Representation. (pp.182-200). London: Routledge.
  • Wheaton, B. (2013). The Consumption and Representation of Lifestyle Sports. Abingdon: Routledge.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Physical Culture Study plan (Version): Physical Activity and Active Living (2018) Category: Physical education and sport - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -