COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LEASURE AND RECRATIONAL ACTIVITIES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FZR 1040 LEASURE AND RECRATIONAL ACTIVITIES ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR TÜLAY TARSUSLU

Offered to

Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation

Course Objective

Leisure time and recreational activity is among the recommendations of the World Health Organization for all age groups who are healthy and / or have any disease and has become an important issue. The aim of the course is to provide students with detailed knowledge / skills about leisure time, sports and recreation in children, young people, adults and elderly individuals who are healthy and / or have any disease that causes participation restrictions and to make them able to use this information in clinical practice.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1- Explain the basic concepts of leisure and recreation and define the differences between them.
2   2- Discuss the need and reasons for recreational activities and / or leisure activities.
3   3- Have sufficient knowledge and skills in leisure time management, contemporary approaches and concepts in recreation,
4   4- Know the purpose and importance of therapeutic recreation, adapt it to clinical practice
5   5- Suggest and apply leisure and recreational activities for different age groups
6   6- Present and apply examples of leisure and recreational activities for different disease groups.
7   7- Contribute to improving the quality of life of the society

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Leisure - leisure activities, definition, history and philosophy
2 Recreation and sport, definition, history, philosophy and classification
3 People's needs and factors affecting participation
4 Recreation, environment and urbanization
5 Therapeutic recreation
6 Parks and outdoor recreation
7 Outdoor recreational activity resources
8 Barriers to leisure and recreational activities (children, adolescents, physical and social barriers in adults and the elderly)
9 Midterm exam
10 Leisure and recreational activities and physically disabled individuals
11 Old age, leisure and recreational activities, well-being
12 Play, recreation and physically disabled children
13 Recreational activities with cases (Alzheimer's)
14 Recreational activities with cases (cerebral palsy)
15 Recreational activities with cases (cancer)
16 Recreational activities with cases (MS, Parkinson's)

Recomended or Required Reading

1- Sweet WE. Sport and recreation in ancient greece. Oxford University Press, 1987. New York.
2- Bell S. Design for outdoor recreation. Spon Press is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2005.
3- Hildebrand S, Smith RE. Case studies in Therapeutic Recreation. Sagamore-Venture Publishing LLC, 2017.USA.
4- Broadhurst R. Managing Environments for Leisure and Recreation. Routledge 29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001. Canada and USA. 2003.
5- Carter MJ, Smith CG, O Morrow GS. Effective Management in Therapeutic Recreation Service. Third Edt. Venture Publishing, Inc. 2017. State College, Pennsylvania.
6- Cordes KA, Hutson GA. OUTDOOR RECREATION. ENRICHMENT FOR A LIFETIME. 4TH EDITION. 2015 Sagamore Publishing LLC, Urbana.
7- Spon E &FN. Leisure and Recreation Management. Fourth Edt. E & FN Spon 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE, 1999. USA and Canada.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Face to face

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 +FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 +RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Mid term exam and final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Tülay Tarsuslu (24923)

Office Hours

During class time

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 16 2 32
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 16 1 16
Preparation for midterm exam 1 2 2
Preparation for final exam 1 2 2
Design Project 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 58

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.11
LO.21
LO.3111
LO.411
LO.511
LO.611
LO.7111

CONTACT INFORMATION
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