| Course Type | Elective Course |
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| Course Level | Bachelor's Degree |
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| Year of Study | - |
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| Semester | - |
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| ECTS | 5 |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) |
- |
| Learning Outcomes |
At the end of this course, the students;
- 1. To define the role and scope of leisure,
- 2. To explain how leisure is mediated by the intersectionality of gender, race, class, age, disability and sexual orientation.
- 3. To discuss how leisure is both shaped by culture and is manifested in cultural practices such as sports and dining.
- 4. To define how wider social change such as time, technology, and globalization shape access to and attitudes towards leisure.
- 5. To develop an understanding of the barriers that constrain us and the facilitators that encourage participation.
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| Mode of Delivery | Face to face |
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| Prerequisites | No |
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| Recommended Optional Programme Components | No |
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| Course Description | This course discusses leisure sociology in terms of definitions of leisure, theories of leisure, leisure and culture, leisure and social stratification, and make empirical studies on leisure. |
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| Course Contents |
| WEEK |
TOPICS |
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1st Week |
Introduction: What is the leisure experience? |
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2nd Week |
Socio-economic and cultural approaches to leisure |
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3rd Week |
Participation and constraint ? class and gender |
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4th Week |
Participation and constraint ? ethnicity, disability and age |
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5th Week |
Work and leisure ? Post-Fordism and the changing nature of work |
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6th Week |
Work and Leisure- the leisure society, unemployment |
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7th Week |
Globalisation and leisure ? the consumer society |
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8th Week |
Midterm Exam |
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9th Week |
Globalisation and leisure ? McDisneyisation and post-tourism |
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10th Week |
The theory of the leisure class |
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11th Week |
Bourdieu?s theory of practice for leisure studies |
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12th Week |
Leisure forms and settings |
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13th Week |
Symbolic boundaries and leisure |
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14th Week |
Eating Out: Social differentiation, consumption and pleasure |
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15th Week |
Eating Out: New middle class? eating-drinking patterns in Eskişehir |
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| Recommended or Required Reading | Biggart, W.N. 2001. ?The Sociology of Leisure.? In International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Neil J. Smelser and Paul B. Baltes (eds.). Oxford, UK: Elsevier Science Limited.
? Lee, J.K., Dunlap, R., & Edwards, M. 2014. ?The Implication of Bourdieu?s Theory of practice for Leisure Studies?. Leisure Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Journal.
Henry, I. P. 1993. The Politics of Leisure Policy. London: Macmillan |
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| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
- Lecture
- Discussion
- Questions/Answers
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| Assessment Methods and Criteria |
|
Quantity |
Percentage (%) |
| Mid-term |
1 |
50 |
| Assignment |
1 |
40 |
| Presentation of Case Study |
1 |
10 |
| Total(%) |
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100 |
| Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) |
|
100 |
| Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) |
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0 |
| Total(%) |
|
100 |
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| ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload |
| Activities |
Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total Workload (Hour) |
| Midterm exam |
1 |
4 |
4 |
| Preparation for Quiz |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Individual or group work |
14 |
4 |
56 |
| Preparation for Final exam |
1 |
28 |
28 |
| Course hours |
14 |
3 |
42 |
| Preparation for Midterm exam |
1 |
14 |
14 |
| Laboratory (including preparation) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Final exam |
1 |
6 |
6 |
| Homework |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Total Work Load | 150 |
| Total Work Load / 30 (h) | 5 |
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 5 |
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| Language of Instruction | English |
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| Work Placement(s) | No |
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