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Sociology of Sport

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 713-0052/01
Abbreviation SOCSP
Course title Sociology of Sport
Credits 1
Coordinating department Institute of Physical Education and Sports
Course coordinator doc. RNDr. Irena Durdová, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Social interdependence of physical culture (PC)
2. Social systems of physical culture from historical point of view
3. Human being, a biological and social creature
4. Social groups, socialization of an individual in the course of his/her life, impact of TV and sport on socialization-adaptation processes
5. Social groups connected with sport, negative youth social groups, clubism
6. Methods and techniques of sociological research
7. Most frequently applied sociological techniques - dialogue, questionnaire, kinds of questions, respondents, preparation for survey, problems of collecting and processing data
8. Sociology of physical education, teacher x student, coach x sportsman
9. Sociology of sport, integrating a sportsman in the society, the pros and cons of socialization of a sportsman in different stages of his/her carrier
10. Sport watching, sociology of a crowd, negative features of sport watching and attempts at solving them
11. Sociology of sports recreation, sociology of lifestyle, sociology of leisure time, classification of leisure time activities
12. Sociology of family, function of family, family and school, family and sports club, family and encouraging the children to go in for sports, active way of spending leisure time
13. Negative social phenomena - social deviations, classification of deviation, negative phenomena in sport and their impact on the society
14. Handicapped sportsmen, integrating handicapped sportsmen in the society, impact of sport on their socializing, sports competitions, Paralympic games.

Literature

HEIL, John. Philosophy of Mind: A Contemporary Introduction (Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy). 4th ed. London: Taylor and Francis, 2019. 264 s. ISBN 9781138581012 .
LILLEKER, Darren et al. Political Communication and COVID-19: Governance and Rhetoric in Times of Crisis. London and New York: Routledge, 2021. 372 s. ISBN 978-0-367-63679-1 .
TAYLOR, Stephen. Resourcing and talent management. 7th ed. London: Kogan Page, 2019. 493 s. ISBN 978-0-7494-8385-2.

Doporučená literatura

COLLINS, Denis. Business Ethics. Best Practices for Designing and Managing Ethical Organizations. Los Angeles: SAGE, 2019. 608 s. ISBN 978-1-5063-8805-2.
GRIFFIN, R. W., PHILLIPS, J. M. a S. M. GULLY. Organizational Behavior: Managing People and Organizations. 12th ed. Boston: Cengage, 2021. 608 s. ISBN 9781305501393.
LUSSIER, Robert N. Management Fundamentals. Concepts, Applications, and Skill Development. 8th ed. Los Angeles: Sage, 2019. ISBN 9781544331331.