Learning objectives:

The teaching contributes to the professional figure of the "Basic Kinesiologist", whose profile is suitable for the planning, conduct, management and evaluation of activities based on movement, at an individual and group level. These activities have health and well-being, socialization and recreational purposes, that are aimed, in a differentiated and specific way, at all age groups of the population.

The learning path of the teaching allows students to master the contents and methods of social relationships and to communicate effectively with users and interlocutors present in the workplace, for the design, planning and implementation of plans to improve the quality of life through the practice and promotion of sport and physical activity.

The learning objectives of the teaching include:

-acquisition of the notions and conceptual categories necessary to interact with different professionals who operate in the field of public and private sports promotion bodies and trade organizations and associations;

- mastery of the contents and communication strategies for the correct promotion of sport and physical activity for health and well-being aimed at subjects of all ages, genders, physical and social conditions, groups and populations.

The topics of the lessons are divided into three units (developed in the indicated temporal sequence: 1-2-3) with related topics congruent with the educational objectives of the course of study. Each unit will be supported by diversified scientific study material. Seminars with expert  professionals in the fields of interest are included.

Program:
1. Sociology of sport and physical activity (social sciences and conceptions of sport and physical activity)

• Social action (ideal types and applications)
• Social relationship (types, characteristics, practices)
• Social interaction (behavior, rules)
• Social formations: groups and associations (characteristics and leadership)

2. Socialization (norms and values, conformism, deviance)

• Role, play, role playing
• Sport socialization and concept of role
• Socialization in sport, through sport, outside of sport
• Functions and value of social capital in sport

3. Communication (models and elements)

• Sport and communication (forms and ways of communicating sport)
• The communication triangle AAG (Athlete, Coach, Parent)
• Communication and promotion of sport and physical activity
• Communication of guidelines for sport and physical activity

Students will be able to:

-know contents and problems relating to health and social well-being and sport of individual and collective subjects (e.g. motivations, abandonment, lifestyle, habits); 

know the strategies and methodologies relating to the communication and application of the guidelines for sport and physical activity; 

-support arguments relating to the resolution of problems concerning sport and society (e.g. social support, social capital, social policies for sport), demonstrate the ability to plan interventions towards individuals, groups and populations; 

-demonstrate the ability to formulate autonomous judgments as a result of reflections and discussion of hypotheses regarding the topics covered and the problems addressed; 

- demonstrate communication skills using appropriate language in a clear and understandable way; 

-show mastery of application of the methods learned for the exercise of critical reflection and problematization. 

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

Meetings and seminars will be scheduled with professionals in sports communication, and in the promotion of well-being and physical activity.

Teaching

The teaching methods consist of lectures and thematic seminars with the presence of external experts. Social experiments will be conducted and ongoing exercises will be carried out.

Innovative teaching methods

Debate: adoption of a regulated debate in a university setting, divided into phases (preparation, initiation, application, review).
Flipped classroom: flipped learning in academic teaching. Students will be invited to present to the class personal studies and research relevant to the topics covered in the various units of the program.

Attendance

Attending students must attend 70% of the course hours. For the preparation of the final exam, students will have to know the entire teaching program including the three units, and study the indicated articles. The preparation also includes the study of the teaching material on the teaching page of the Moodle blended learning platform.

Course books

- Reinmann Hortst, Introduzione alla sociologia. I concetti fondamentali. Bologna, Il Mulino, 1982.

- Kenyon G.S., McPherson B.D. (2015). An approach to the study of sport socialization, International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Vol. 9 Issue 1. Disponibile al link: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/101269027400900109

- Tafuri, D., & Priore, A. (2020). Parenting in youth sport. Building family-sport educational partnership. Italian Journal of Health Education, Sports and Inclusive Didactics - 4 (1), pp. 54-61.  Disponibile al link: https://ojs.gsdjournal.it/index.php/gsdj/article/view/149/pdf

Assessment

Ongoing tests.

Oral examination to assess mastery of the discipline, including:
- description of the contents and problems relating to health and social well-being and sport of individual and collective subjects (e.g. motivations, abandonment, lifestyle, habits); knowledge of the strategies and methodologies relating to the communication and application of the guidelines for sport and physical activity (description: insufficient, sufficient, good, excellent)
- knowledge of issues relating to sport and society (e.g. social support, social capital, social policies for sport), ability to plan interventions towards individuals, groups and populations (knowledge of strategies and procedures: insufficient, sufficient, good, excellent)
- ability to formulate autonomous judgments as a result of reflections and discussion of hypotheses regarding the topics covered and the problems addressed (application of strategies and procedures: insufficient, sufficient, good, excellent)
- communication skills using the appropriate language in a clear and understandable way (mastery of specific language: insufficient, sufficient, good, excellent)
- mastery of the application of the methods learned for the exercise of critical reflection and problematisation (critical exercise, expressive autonomy: insufficient sufficient, good, excellent)

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

Teaching

Non-attending students are required to contact the teacher for information about teaching. Non-attending students are required to prepare the additional texts indicated for non-attending students.

Attendance

For the preparation of the final exam, students will have to know the entire teaching program including the three units, and study the indicated articles. The preparation also includes the study of the teaching material on the teaching page of the Moodle blended learning platform.

Course books

- Reinmann Hortst, Introduzione alla sociologia. I concetti fondamentali. Bologna, Il Mulino, 1982.

- Kenyon G.S., McPherson B.D. (2015). An approach to the study of sport socialization, International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Vol. 9 Issue 1. Disponibile al link: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/101269027400900109

- Tafuri, D., & Priore, A. (2020). Parenting in youth sport. Building family-sport educational partnership. Italian Journal of Health Education, Sports and Inclusive Didactics - 4 (1), pp. 54-61.  Disponibile al link: https://ojs.gsdjournal.it/index.php/gsdj/article/view/149/pdf

Assessment

Oral examination to assess mastery of the discipline, including:
- description of the contents and problems relating to health and social well-being and sport of individual and collective subjects (e.g. motivations, abandonment, lifestyle, habits); knowledge of the strategies and methodologies relating to the communication and application of the guidelines for sport and physical activity (description: insufficient, sufficient, good, excellent);
- knowledge of issues relating to sport and society (e.g. social support, social capital, social policies for sport), ability to plan interventions towards individuals, groups and populations (knowledge of strategies and procedures: insufficient, sufficient, good, excellent);
- ability to formulate autonomous judgments as a result of reflections and discussion of hypotheses regarding the topics covered and the problems addressed (application of strategies and procedures: insufficient, sufficient, good, excellent);
- communication skills using the appropriate language in a clear and understandable way (mastery of specific language: insufficient, sufficient, good, excellent);
- mastery of the application of the methods learned for the exercise of critical reflection and problematisation (critical exercise, expressive autonomy: insufficient sufficient, good, excellent).

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.