OVERVIEW

The course aims to explore the world of sport and its interaction with the society since the first civilizations of Mesopotamia to the contemporary age, in order to understand the educational value of sport in parallel with the socio-cultural context which is inserted in. The course will reflect on the sports’ relationship with politics and will examine the economic implications of contemporary sport.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The History of Sport, inserted in an introductory learning module to Physical Education is a necessary prerequisite to open the student’s horizon to the wide world of sports, from the knowledge of the sport as history presents it.

LEARNING OUTCOMES (FURTHER INFO)

• To understand the main issues of the discipline and to follow the events and processes.
• To interpret critically the data and issues relating to the subject of study and reflection on the main topics, forming independent judgments on them.
• To communicate, with command of language, information, and issues related to the history of the sport.
• Acquisition of the main basic tools and the ability to use them so that you can deal autonomously further studies in the subject field.

TEACHING METHODS

Combination of traditional lectures and classroom discussion.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The world of sport and its interaction with the society since the first civilizations of Mesopotamia to the contemporary age

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Maria Aiello, Il tempo dello sport, Torino, Edizioni Gruppo Abele, 2014;

Nicola S. Barbieri, Dalla ginnastica allo sport contemporaneo. Lineamenti di storia dell’educazione fisica, Padova, Cluep, 2013;

Domenico Francesco Antonio Elia, Lo sport in Italia. Dal loisir alla pratica, Roma, Carocci, 2009;

Angiola di Carlo, Roberto Bensi, Storia dell’educazione fisica e degli sport. Appunti di lettura, Fano (PU), Aras Edizioni, 2014;

Marco Ricchini, Lo sport nei regimi totalitari del Novecento, dispense;

Umberto Tulli, Breve storia dello Olimpiadi. Lo sport, la politica da de Coubertin a oggi, Roma, Carocci, 2012.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

MARIO FAUSTO CANEPA

ANTONIO GUERCI

LARA PICCARDO

MAURO TESSITORE

EMANUELA LUISA FAELLI (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

7 March 2017, 14.00-18.00, Campus Savona.

Class schedule

HISTORY OF SPORTS

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

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Exam schedule