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Sports in a Multicultural Environment and Olympic Education
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:1.00
Study Course Accepted:19.06.2024 14:16:39
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | LSPA_243 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 1.33 | ECTS: | 2.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Sports Science | Target Audience: | Pedagogy; Sports Trainer | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Kalvis Ciekurs | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Latvian Academy of Sport Education (LASE) | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | LSPA, Brīvības gatve 333, Riga, LV-1006 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 7 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 14 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 5 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 10 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 7 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 14 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 5 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 10 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | General secondary education. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To promote mastering of students’ cognitive methods, to learn the principles of “Fair Play” as a basic requirement of sports ethics, to develop experience of creative activity, to promote the development of students’ autonomy in solving research tasks. To provide knowledge and skills to work in a multicultural environment. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Fair Play. Restoring the modern Olympic movement. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Language and sport. Religion and sport. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Olympic Charter. Description of the contemporary Olympic Games, greatest personalities. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | LOC origins, importance of restoring. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Latvian Olympic medallists. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Conducting of the Olympic Games, choosing the host city for the Olympic Games, tasks of the organisers of the Olympic Games, their solving opportunities. Olympic education in the world. Olympic Day. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 7 | Diversity of the world (language, culture, religion, sport). | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Multiculturalism and multicultural education. Building intercultural competences in sports classes. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 9 | Sport abroad nowadays. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Games, sports of various peoples, ethnic groups. Assessment of the study course. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Fair Play. Restoring the modern Olympic movement. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Language and sport. Religion and sport. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Olympic Charter. Description of the contemporary Olympic Games, greatest personalities. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | LOC origins, importance of restoring. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Latvian Olympic medallists. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Conducting of the Olympic Games, choosing the host city for the Olympic Games, tasks of the organisers of the Olympic Games, their solving opportunities. Olympic education in the world. Olympic Day. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 7 | Diversity of the world (language, culture, religion, sport). | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Multiculturalism and multicultural education. Building intercultural competences in sports classes. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 9 | Sport abroad nowadays. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Games, sports of various peoples, ethnic groups. Assessment of the study course. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | After studying literary sources on the given topic, to summarise materials, develop and present creative tasks for children and young people of a certain age. To develop a reasoned essay on the topic: Olympic principle – fair play in both sport and life. Examination for the study course. Students write and present their independent work or group work (as instructed by the lecturers) on topics: Sport abroad nowadays. To analyse the achievements of the most popular sports in a particular country, with particular emphasis on the country, region, culture and religion. The lecturer in the study group specifies the continent from which the student has to choose a country (e.g. from Europe – 5 students, from Asia – 10, from America (North/South America) – 5, Australia – 5, Africa – 5. Games, sports of various peoples, ethnic groups. Those should be used, which can be used in the selected athletic discipline, professional qualification. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Assessment criteria of learning outcomes: 1. Purposeful activity in seminars and practical classes – 30% 2. Independent work performed by the student when preparing for practical management of study activities and other examinations – 50% 3. Tests of acquired knowledge and skills – 20% | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | 1. Illustrates the concept of “Fair Play” by examples from the chosen athletic discipline. 2. Multiculturalism and multicultural education. 3. Basic principles of the Olympic movement, the achievements of Latvian athletes at the Olympic games. | ||||||||
| Skills: | 4. Knows how to prepare tasks for children and young people of different ages on matters of the Olympic movement. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | 5. Understands the concept of “Fair Play”, can interpret, debate and argue. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | 1. Jansone, R., & Gulbe, A. (2006). Materiāli par sporta vēsturi un olimpisko izglītību. Rīga, LSPA. | ||||||||
| 2 | 2. Latvijas olimpiskā vēsture: no Stokholmas līdz Soltleiksitijai. (2003). Rīga, Latvijas Olimpiskā komiteja. | ||||||||
| 3 | 3. Erta, A. (1999). Olimpiskā ABC: olimpiskās izglītības rokasgrāmata. Rīga, Latvijas Olimpiskā komiteja. | ||||||||
| 4 | 4. Latvijas sporta lepnums 100: personības, notikumi, procesi. Rīga, Latvijas Sporta muzejs. | ||||||||
| 5 | 5. Muller, N. (2000). Pierre de Coubertin. Olympism. Selected writings. Lausanne IOC. | ||||||||
| 6 | 6. Olimpiskā ābece: olimpiskās izglītības rokasgrāmata. (2008). Rīga, Latvijas Olimpiskā komiteja. | ||||||||
| 7 | 7. Olympic Charter. (1997). Lausanne: International Olympic committee. | ||||||||
| 8 | 8. Dilba, M. (2006). Mijkultūru izglītības daudzveidība. Rīga,. RaKa. | ||||||||
| 9 | 9. Ceļvedis starpkultūru uzglītībai. (2006). Rīga. | ||||||||
| 10 | 10. Ceļvedis pasaules reliģijās. (2010). SIA „Dienas grāmata”. | ||||||||
| 11 | 11. Beikers, K. (2002). Bilingvisma un bilingvālās izglītības pamati. Rīga, Nordik. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | 12. Džifords, K. (2004). Olimpiskās spēles. Rīga, Zvaigzne ABC. | ||||||||
| 2 | 13. Hūnolds, T. (2007). Olimpiskās spēles: visas spēles no senākajiem laikiem līdz mūsdienām : uzvaras, traģēdijas, rekordi. Rīga, Jumava. | ||||||||
| 3 | 14. Lāms, O. (2004). Olimpiskās tradīcijas. Kultūrvēsturiskā dimensija. LU. Klasiskās filoloģijas katedra. Hellēnistikas centrs. Rīga. | ||||||||
| 4 | 15. Oksleids, K. (2000). Olimpiskās spēles. Rīga: Zvaigzne ABC. | ||||||||
| 5 | 16. Olimpiskā kustība: Olimpiskās izglītības rokasgrāmata. Palīgs studējošai jaunatnei un skolotājiem (2004). Rīga, Latvijas Olimpiskā komiteja. | ||||||||
| 6 | 17. Harris, T. (2007). Sport. Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to know. Yellow Jersey Press, London. | ||||||||
| 7 | 18. Phonda, L. Kinzler, C., L. (2003). A Multicultural Approach to Physical Education. Human Kinetics. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Eyridice Network. | ||||||||
| 2 | World Sports Encyclopedia. Wojeiech Liponski M.B.I. Poznan. | ||||||||
| 3 | Sport, Popular Culture and Identity. | ||||||||
| 4 | LOK | ||||||||
| 5 | LOA | ||||||||
| 6 | Olympic | ||||||||
