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Course Catalog 00/01


Department of Education

PÄP041 People's Development and Need of Leisure 15.0 ECTS credits

TIMEPERIOD:
Q1, Q2

LANGUAGE:Swedish

EXAMINER
Annika Strömqvist Univ adj


PREREQUISITES
General entrance requirements and course admission requirements for economic training programs oriented towards recreation science.

COURSE AIM
The aims of the course are that students:
- gain basic knowledge of people's development in different ages from a psychological, economic, societal and social perspective
- acquire knowledge of how the development of society effects people's need and possibilities for leisure pursuits
- gain knowledge of different groups' needs for leisure pursuits


CONTENTS
- Theories about groups and group dynamics
- Theories about the development of society from an economic perspective
- Theories about the development of society from a recreational perspective
- Cultural differences in the view on leisure time
- Field studies - the leisure time and leisure pursuits of different groups


TEACHING
Lectures, lessons, seminars, group projects and field studies.

EXAMINATION
Written and oral examination, individually and in group.
COURSE GRADE SCALE: Fail, Pass.

ITEMS/CREDITS
The development of society/exam 6.00ECTS
Field studies/report 3.00ECTS
People´s psychological development/examination 6.00ECTS

COURSE LITERATURE
- (1996). Fritid i förändring. Om kön och fördelning av fritidsresurser. SOU 1996:3. ISBN 91-38-20152-6.
Csikszentmih‡lyi, M (1992). Flow - den optimala upplevelsens psykologi. Natur och kultur. ISBN 91-270-2974-1
Hogg, M-A & Vaughan, G.M (1995). Social Psychology: An introduction. Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-1343-312-9
Lönnroth, J (1996). Politisk ekonomi - svenska och internationella tanketraditioner. SNS Förlag. ISBN 91-7150-640-3
Miller, P (1993). Theories of Developmental Psychology. W.H.Freeman and Company. ISBN 0-7167-2309-3 (pbk)
Nygaard, T (1996). Sociologisk handlingsteori. Studentlitteratur. ISBN 91-44-61671-6
Stokowski, P (1994). Leisure in Society. A network Structural Perspective. Mansell Publishing Limited. ISBN 0-7201-2141-8
Dessutom en fritt vald bok av nedanstående:
Veblen, T (1986). Den arbetsfria klassen. Vinga Press. ISBN 91-7764-008-X
Ytterligare litteratur i samråd med examinator

REMARKS


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