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Course Catalog 1998/99


Education and Teaching Methods

PÄS024 Leisure in Sweden 15.0 ECTS credits

TIMEPERIOD:
Q3, Q4

LANGUAGE:Swedish

EXAMINER
Lisbeth Lindström Univ adj


PREREQUISITES
Applicants must have completed the course PÄS 020.

COURSE AIM
The aims of the course are that students: - develop ability to illuminate different aspects of the fields of recreation science, leisure and nature, leisure and sports and leisure and society - develop ability to discuss and account for the significance of the different fields from a gender, immigrant, handicap and age perspective - acquire knowledge of the meaning of democracy and of the democratic process - gain familiarity with present public discussions on equality - acquire knowledge of associations and organizations at local, district and national level - gain knowledge of the growth, organization and activities of old and new popular movements - gain insight into leisure as a commercial industry - acquire knowledge of the organizations for outdoor life, their activities, finances, and basis of recruitment

CONTENTS
- Leisure and the public sector - Political democracy (recreational, cultural and social policy) - Social change in a historical perspective - The growth and organization of popular movements - New popular movements - Associations and organizations - Gender, power and leisure - Project work on leisure in Sweden - Fundamentals of physical geography and ethnogeography - Sports and physical welfare

TEACHING
Lessons, seminars, excursions, field studies and project work.

EXAMINATION
Written and oral examination, individually and in group. Evaluation of work experience period, which includes an assignment and a report.
COURSE GRADE SCALE: Fail, Pass.

ITEMS/CREDITS
Teaching practice/assignment 3.00ECTS
Sports, helth/seminars 3.00ECTS
Science of leisure/examination 4.50ECTS
Leisure in Sweden/Project work 4.50ECTS

COURSE LITTERATURE
- (1994). Föreningslivet i Sverige - en statistisk belysning. Levnadsförhållanden. Rapport nr 86:1994. Andersson, J red. (1991). Turbulens i rörelsen. Sju perspektiv på idrottens framtid. Svenska riksidrottsförbundet och SISU. Axelsson, S red. (1992). Sju folkrörelser om framtiden. Dokumenterade framtidsbilder från folkrörelse-Sverige. Bengtsson, B (1994). Allemansrätten - vad säger lagen? Boverket (1994). Stadens parker och natur. Rapport 1994:12. Davidson, R (1992). Tourism in Europe. London. Elofsson, S (1994). Vad ger ditt liv mening - arbete eller fritid? Stockholm. Gustavsson, A (1996). Kommunal självstyrelse. SNS Förlag. ISBN 91-7150-611-X. Hall, C M & Jenkins J M (1995). Tourism and Public Policy. Hallgren, T (1994). Ds 1994:94. Föreningar som entreprenör - möjligheter, begränsningar, konsekvenser och risker. Lindroth, J (1988). Från "sportfåneri" till massidrott. Den svenska idrottsrörelsens utveckling 1869-1939. Stockholm: HLS. Lindroth, J (1994). Idrottsrörelsens fyra samhällsroller. Ett diskussionsunderlag. Micheletti, M (1994). Det civila samhället och staten. Naturvårdsverket (1995). Allemansrätten och kommersen. Olsson, T (1994). Från Predikanter till Aktivister. Föreningsliv och samhälle i utveckling. SOU 1995:8. Kulturpolitikens inriktning. SOU 1996:3. Fritid i förändring - om kön och fördelning av fritidsresurser. Svenska Kommunförbundet (1989). Kultur - politik och planering. En idéskrift från Svenska Kommunförbundet. Sörlin, S (1991). Naturkontraktet. Om naturumgängets naturhistoria. Utbildningsradion. Berg, jord, luft, vatten.

REMARKS


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