COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RECREATION (ELECTIVE)

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
STD 5020 RECREATION (ELECTIVE) ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Coaching Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IPEK AYDIN

Offered to

Coaching Education

Course Objective

The main aims of the course are explaining the place of leisure activities in modern and contemporary world and making the students competent in management of leisure.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Explaining the relations of leisure and work
2   Assessing the diverse approaches in leisure management
3   Assessing the relations of leisure activities and everyday life.
4   Assessing the relations of leisure activities and public space.
5   Acting responsible and ethical in regards to leisure participation

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Modernity and everyday life
2 Reflexive modernity and everyday life
3 The relations of work and leisure from modernity to reflexive modernity
4 The factors affecting leisure participation
5 Leisure activities and consumer culture
6 Main concepts of management
7 Commercial organizations and leisure management
8 Non-commercial organizations and leisure management / Leisure and public space
9 Lesiure and ethics
10 The relations of leisure, health and well-being
11 Research in leisure activities: theoretical discussions
12 Research in leisure activities: reserching any leisure activity as part of everyday life
13 Research in leisure activities: reserching any leisure activity as part of everyday life
14 Research in leisure activities: reserching any leisure activity as part of everyday life

Recomended or Required Reading

Rojek, C. (2005). Leisure Theory: Principles and Practice. Palgrave Macmillan.
Stebbins, R. A. (1992). Amateurs, Professionals, and Serious Leisure. Montreal: McGill- Queen s University Press.
Supplementary Book(s):
Urry, J. (1990). The Tourist Gaze: Leisure and Travel in Contemporary Societies.
London: Sage.
Leisure Studies
Leisure Sciences
Journal of Leisure Research
Sociology
Theory, Culture and Society

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, research and home-works

Assessment Methods

Successful / Unsuccessful


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Exams, case-studies, fieldwork, presentations and homeworks

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Participation is required on time, with appropriate clothing and materials.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ipek.aydin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Weekdays 09.00-12.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparing assignments 1 5 5
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 3 36
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 79

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.12525222421
LO.22525222421
LO.32525222421
LO.42525222421
LO.52525222421

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