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Sport and Recreation: Interpreting Sport in a Social Context 2A (U00117)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 8 ? Acronym : EDU-2-SpRecISSC

This course will analyse theoretical traditions in the sociological analysis of sport in social context. Students will be introduced to different accounts of the development of sport and its contemporary social significance. The implications of different theoretical perspectives for research and their relation to techniques of the social investigation of sport and recreation will be outlined. The course will evaluate relevant theoretical approaches in relation to examples from sport and recreation.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : Successful completion of year 1 courses (Sport in Social Context: Contemporary Social Issues and Sport in Social Context: Historical and Organisational).

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Sport, (The Moray House School of Education, Schedule C)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 2nd year

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 4 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
21/09/2007	11:10	:	Room 3.24, St Leonards Land	Central

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Tuesday	11:10	13:00	Central
Lecture	Friday	11:10	13:00	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Use the conceptual language of sociologists to examine sport in a social context; understand the relationship between theoretical perspectives accounts of the social development of sport and appropriate social research methods; apply these concepts to the analysis of sport in a social context; critically assess various sociological perspectives on sport in social context.