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Study programmes 2010-2011Last update : 11/04/2011
SANT0610-1  Sport and society
Duration :  15h Th
Credits/ECTS :  
Bachelor in Motor skills, 1st yearSecond semester2
Holder(s) :  Marc Cloes
Language :  French language
Course contents :  - Introduction (presentation of purposes and organisation of the course, election of topics of discussion concerning the relations between the sport and the society, distribution of the responsibilities in the preparation of files aiming to nourish a debate planned during the last lessons)
- Evolution of the place of the physical and sport activities in the society (significance given to the "sport" from the Antiquity to our days, current tendencies and future developments of the sport practices)
- Outstanding of the socio-economic aspects of the modern Olympic Games
- Structures of the sport from the local level to the national level (sport's organization in Belgium, responsibilities)
- Structures of the sport at the international level (international sport federations, CIO, intergovernmental structures)
- Occupations in the field of the physical and sport activities (goods and services, activity sectors, place of the bachelor in Sport & Exercises Sciences)
- The sport and its drifts (debate supplied with the files made up starting from the topics identified during the first lesson)
- Problems of society and sport (debate supplied with the files made up starting from the topics identified during the first lesson)
Course objective :  - To present the historical evolution of the physical and sport activities' place in the society (including the role of the Olympic Games in the development of the sport).
- To illustrate the sport's structure from the local to the international levels.
- To identify the place of the sport & exercise specialist in the society.
- To tackle the great questions with which the sport is currently confronted (ethical aspects, globalisation, and influence of the media...).
- To develop written and oral expressions as well as the synthesis spirit of the student, improve the teamwork competences.
- To develop the students' critical spirit (through the analysis of current events related to the subject matter taught).
Prerequisites :  - Upstream: general knowledge regarding sport
- Downstream: this course will be used as prerequisite for the partim I, II and III of the course on "Organization and management of physical and sport activities".
Organization :  The course will comprise 10 sessions. Several will be organized in order to allow the students to express themselves and to interact starting from the preparation of files relating to selected topics.
Written notes :  A pdf version of the slides and documents proposed during the theoretical lessons is posted on the Website MyULg. In addition, the students will have to seek other information, according to recommendations' of the course's leader.
Assessment :  An evaluation of the participation in the activities (preparation and presentation of the files) is organised during the course while a final written control of the knowledge is planned during the examination period. The details relating to the assessment tools will be brought during the first lesson.
Contacts :  Course holder:
Mr Marc CLOES, Professor
Institut Supérieur d'Education Physique et de Kinésithérapie - Bât. B21,
Allée des Sports, 4, 4000 LIEGE
Tel. : 04/366.38.80
Fax : 04/366.29.01
E-mail : Marc.Cloes@ulg.ac.be

Staff:
Mr Alexandre MOUTON, Assistant (04/366.38.96 - Alexandre.Mouton@ulg.ac.be)
Mr. Martin VAN HOYE, Assistant (04/366.38.98 - mvanhoye@ulg.ac.be(sderome@ulg.ac.be))
Miss Anne-Aymone MARAITE, Assistant (04/366.39.33 - aamaraite@ulg.ac.be)
Miss Zoé LACROSSE, Assistant (04/366.39.33 - zlacrosse@ulg.ac.be(aamaraite@ulg.ac.be))
Mr. Xavier COLINA-VALDOR, Assistant (04/366.38.96 - xcolina@ulg.ac.be)

Administrative support and Secretary:
Miss Catherine THEUNISSEN, Logistic officer (04/366.38.98 - ctheunissen@ulg.ac.be)
Mrs M.-C. MARCHAND - Mrs I. CREMASCO, Secretaries
Tel. : 04/366.38.91
Fax : 04/366.29.01
E-mail : mcmarchand@ulg.ac.be
Remarks :  Any modification of the organization or the content of this course will be described during the first session.


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