Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Sports Philosophy, History of Sport, Culture and Olympism
Course Code
LSPA_456
Branch of Science
Health sciences; Theory and History of Sports
ECTS
3.00
Target Audience
Pedagogy; Sports Trainer
LQF
Level 6
Study Type And Form
Full-Time; Part-time (Off site)
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Antra Gulbe
Structure Unit Manager
Diāna Laipniece
Structural Unit
Latvian Academy of Sport Education (LASE)
Contacts
LSPA, Brīvības gatve 333, Riga, LV-1006
About Study Course
Objective
To enable students to acquire the history of sport in chronological order, to navigate and analyse developments in the history of sport; promote the formation and development of student statement processes; promote active life approaches, identification and analysis of historical situations and problems.
To improve the thinking culture of the up-and-coming specialist. Develop students’ ability to independently judge - develop critical thinking and discussion skills necessary for personal development and professional activity.
Promote the acquisition of student statement methods; to learn the principles of fair play as a fundamental requirement of sports ethics; build creative experience; promote the development of student autonomy in solving research-related tasks.
Preliminary Knowledge
General secondary education, general pedagogy, ICT, foreign language, communication skills, knowledge of sport, history, politics, law, economics, culture.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.Chronologically learned sports history, key events in different periods, underlying issues and problems.
2.Philosophy terminology has been acquired, its functions have been familiarized, the specifics of sports philosophy, basic methodological issues and problems.
3.Chronologically learned key events of the Olympic movement, fundamental issues of intercultural competence building and problems in sport.
Skills
1.Knows how to ask questions about a given topic.
2.Can judge, compare information and use logical reasoning.
3.3. Capable of being tolerant in a group discussion.
Competences
1.Is able to formulate his opinion on the basis of facts, examples, definitions, concepts and principles.
2.Demonstrate the relevance of the content outlined to the subject.
3.Demonstrates the skills to structure research paper logically.
4.Demonstrate appropriate language skills.
Assessment
Individual work
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Title
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% from total grade
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Grade
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|---|---|---|
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1.
Historical development of the sport |
10.00% from total grade
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10 points
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2.
Highlights in the evolution of the sport |
10.00% from total grade
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10 points
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Quiz |
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3.
Sports philosophy |
10.00% from total grade
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10 points
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4.
Sport and... |
10.00% from total grade
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10 points
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5.
Olympic movement |
10.00% from total grade
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10 points
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6.
Olympic education |
10.00% from total grade
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10 points
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Examination
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Title
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% from total grade
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Grade
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|---|---|---|
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1.
Sports history facts |
15.00% from total grade
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Test
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2.
Philosophy categories |
15.00% from total grade
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Test
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3.
Olympic movement |
10.00% from total grade
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Test
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 5
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Objective, subjective biological reasons for the emergence of sport; physical activity in ancient Mesopotamia, India, China and Egypt.
Description
Objective, subjective biological reasons for the emergence of sport; physical activity in ancient Mesopotamia, India, China and Egypt. |
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Ancient Olympic Games.
Description
Sport in ancient Greece and Ancient Olympic Games. |
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Ancient Olympic Games.
Description
Sport in ancient Greece and Ancient Olympic Games. |
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Sport in the Middle ages.
Description
Sport in medieval towns and countryside; physical activity in the lives of knights and Vikings. Renaissance. The ideology of humanism and its role in the development of sport. |
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Sport in the New Times.
Description
In the new times of sport; the formation of sports systems in England, France, Germany. |
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Development of sports in Latvia.
Description
Establishment of sports societies. Participation of Latvian athletes in international competitions in the 19th century. |
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Philosophy, its meaning. Terminology.
Description
Philosophy, its importance in human and societal life. |
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Development of sports in Latvia.
Description
Establishment of sports societies. Participation of Latvian athletes in international competitions in the 19th century. |
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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|---|---|---|
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Sports philosophy.
Description
Sports philosophy, the history and specifics of how its ideas evolved. |
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Sport, knowledge and truth.
Description
Sport, knowledge and truth. |
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Man, game and sport.
Description
Man, game and sport. Sport and semiotics. |
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Sport and globalisation.
Description
The relationship between sport and globalisation: multiculturalism, tech and technology, politics. |
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Body. Mind. Sport.
Description
The relationship between body and mind in sport. |
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Philosophy, time and age.
Description
Time and space issues in sports philosophy. |
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Diversity of world cultures.
Description
World diversity (language, culture, religion, sport). |
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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|---|---|---|
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Modern Olympic movement.
Description
The modern Olympic movement. Pierre de Coubertin. |
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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|---|---|---|
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Olympic Committee of Latvia.
Description
Origins, renewal of the Olympic Committee of Latvia, its importance. |
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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|---|---|---|
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Achievements of Latvian athletes.
Description
Achievements of Latvian athletes, their role in the development of sports. |
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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|---|---|---|
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Fair Play
Description
Fair play in sport and life |
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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|---|---|---|
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Olympic education. Terminology.
Description
Olympic education in Latvia and the world. |
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Olympic Day, organisation of activities, methodology.
Description
Olympic Day, its organisational aspects. |
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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|---|---|---|
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Ethnic play, games, sports.
Description
Games of different peoples, ethnic groups, games, sports. |
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Test
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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|---|---|---|
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Objective, subjective biological reasons for the emergence of sport; physical activity in ancient Mesopotamia, India, China and Egypt.
Description
Objective, subjective biological reasons for the emergence of sport; physical activity in ancient Mesopotamia, India, China and Egypt. |
|
Ancient Olympic Games.
Description
Sport in ancient Greece and Ancient Olympic Games. |
|
Sport in the Middle ages.
Description
Sport in medieval towns and countryside; physical activity in the lives of knights and Vikings. Renaissance. The ideology of humanism and its role in the development of sport. |
|
Sport in the New Times.
Description
In the new times of sport; the formation of sports systems in England, France, Germany. |
|
Development of sports in Latvia.
Description
Establishment of sports societies. Participation of Latvian athletes in international competitions in the 19th century. |
|
Philosophy, its meaning. Terminology.
Description
Philosophy, its importance in human and societal life. |
|
Sports philosophy.
Description
Sports philosophy, the history and specifics of how its ideas evolved. |
|
Man, game and sport.
Description
Man, game and sport. Sport and semiotics. |
|
Sport and globalisation.
Description
The relationship between sport and globalisation: multiculturalism, tech and technology, politics. |
|
Sport, knowledge and truth.
Description
Sport, knowledge and truth. |
|
Philosophy, time and age.
Description
Time and space issues in sports philosophy. |
|
Body. Mind. Sport.
Description
The relationship between body and mind in sport. |
|
Diversity of world cultures.
Description
World diversity (language, culture, religion, sport). |
|
Modern Olympic movement.
Description
The modern Olympic movement. Pierre de Coubertin. |
|
Olympic Committee of Latvia.
Description
Origins, renewal of the Olympic Committee of Latvia, its importance. |
|
Fair Play
Description
Fair play in sport and life |
|
Olympic education. Terminology.
Description
Olympic education in Latvia and the world. |
|
Achievements of Latvian athletes.
Description
Achievements of Latvian athletes, their role in the development of sports. |
|
Olympic Day, organisation of activities, methodology.
Description
Olympic Day, its organisational aspects. |
|
Ethnic play, games, sports.
Description
Games of different peoples, ethnic groups, games, sports. |
Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
42 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam (Written)
PART-TIME (OFF SITE)
Part 1
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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|---|---|---|
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
|
Topics
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Objective, subjective biological reasons for the emergence of sport; physical activity in ancient Mesopotamia, India, China and Egypt.
Description
Objective, subjective biological reasons for the emergence of sport; physical activity in ancient Mesopotamia, India, China and Egypt. |
-
Lecture
|
Modality
|
Location
|
Contact hours
|
|---|---|---|
|
On site
|
Auditorium
|
2
|
Topics
|
Ancient Olympic Games.
Description
Sport in ancient Greece and Ancient Olympic Games. |
-
Lecture
|
Modality
|
Location
|
Contact hours
|
|---|---|---|
|
On site
|
Auditorium
|
2
|
Topics
|
Sport in the Middle ages.
Description
Sport in medieval towns and countryside; physical activity in the lives of knights and Vikings. Renaissance. The ideology of humanism and its role in the development of sport. |
|
Sport in the New Times.
Description
In the new times of sport; the formation of sports systems in England, France, Germany. |
-
Class/Seminar
|
Modality
|
Location
|
Contact hours
|
|---|---|---|
|
On site
|
Auditorium
|
2
|
Topics
|
Development of sports in Latvia.
Description
Establishment of sports societies. Participation of Latvian athletes in international competitions in the 19th century. |
-
Lecture
|
Modality
|
Location
|
Contact hours
|
|---|---|---|
|
On site
|
Auditorium
|
2
|
Topics
|
Philosophy, its meaning. Terminology.
Description
Philosophy, its importance in human and societal life. |
|
Sports philosophy.
Description
Sports philosophy, the history and specifics of how its ideas evolved. |
-
Class/Seminar
|
Modality
|
Location
|
Contact hours
|
|---|---|---|
|
On site
|
Auditorium
|
2
|
Topics
|
Man, game and sport.
Description
Man, game and sport. Sport and semiotics. |
|
Sport and globalisation.
Description
The relationship between sport and globalisation: multiculturalism, tech and technology, politics. |
-
Lecture
|
Modality
|
Location
|
Contact hours
|
|---|---|---|
|
On site
|
Auditorium
|
2
|
Topics
|
Sport, knowledge and truth.
Description
Sport, knowledge and truth. |
-
Lecture
|
Modality
|
Location
|
Contact hours
|
|---|---|---|
|
On site
|
Auditorium
|
2
|
Topics
|
Diversity of world cultures.
Description
World diversity (language, culture, religion, sport). |
|
Ethnic play, games, sports.
Description
Games of different peoples, ethnic groups, games, sports. |
-
Lecture
|
Modality
|
Location
|
Contact hours
|
|---|---|---|
|
On site
|
Auditorium
|
2
|
Topics
|
Modern Olympic movement.
Description
The modern Olympic movement. Pierre de Coubertin. |
-
Class/Seminar
|
Modality
|
Location
|
Contact hours
|
|---|---|---|
|
On site
|
Auditorium
|
2
|
Topics
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Fair Play
Description
Fair play in sport and life |
-
Lecture
|
Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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|---|---|---|
|
On site
|
Auditorium
|
2
|
Topics
|
Olympic Committee of Latvia.
Description
Origins, renewal of the Olympic Committee of Latvia, its importance. |
|
Achievements of Latvian athletes.
Description
Achievements of Latvian athletes, their role in the development of sports. |
-
Lecture
|
Modality
|
Location
|
Contact hours
|
|---|---|---|
|
On site
|
Auditorium
|
2
|
Topics
|
Olympic education. Terminology.
Description
Olympic education in Latvia and the world. |
|
Olympic Day, organisation of activities, methodology.
Description
Olympic Day, its organisational aspects. |
-
Test
|
Modality
|
Location
|
Contact hours
|
|---|---|---|
|
On site
|
Auditorium
|
2
|
Topics
|
Objective, subjective biological reasons for the emergence of sport; physical activity in ancient Mesopotamia, India, China and Egypt.
Description
Objective, subjective biological reasons for the emergence of sport; physical activity in ancient Mesopotamia, India, China and Egypt. |
|
Ancient Olympic Games.
Description
Sport in ancient Greece and Ancient Olympic Games. |
|
Sport in the Middle ages.
Description
Sport in medieval towns and countryside; physical activity in the lives of knights and Vikings. Renaissance. The ideology of humanism and its role in the development of sport. |
|
Sport in the New Times.
Description
In the new times of sport; the formation of sports systems in England, France, Germany. |
|
Development of sports in Latvia.
Description
Establishment of sports societies. Participation of Latvian athletes in international competitions in the 19th century. |
|
Philosophy, its meaning. Terminology.
Description
Philosophy, its importance in human and societal life. |
|
Sports philosophy.
Description
Sports philosophy, the history and specifics of how its ideas evolved. |
|
Man, game and sport.
Description
Man, game and sport. Sport and semiotics. |
|
Sport and globalisation.
Description
The relationship between sport and globalisation: multiculturalism, tech and technology, politics. |
|
Sport, knowledge and truth.
Description
Sport, knowledge and truth. |
|
Philosophy, time and age.
Description
Time and space issues in sports philosophy. |
|
Body. Mind. Sport.
Description
The relationship between body and mind in sport. |
|
Diversity of world cultures.
Description
World diversity (language, culture, religion, sport). |
|
Modern Olympic movement.
Description
The modern Olympic movement. Pierre de Coubertin. |
|
Olympic Committee of Latvia.
Description
Origins, renewal of the Olympic Committee of Latvia, its importance. |
|
Fair Play
Description
Fair play in sport and life |
|
Olympic education. Terminology.
Description
Olympic education in Latvia and the world. |
|
Achievements of Latvian athletes.
Description
Achievements of Latvian athletes, their role in the development of sports. |
|
Olympic Day, organisation of activities, methodology.
Description
Olympic Day, its organisational aspects. |
|
Ethnic play, games, sports.
Description
Games of different peoples, ethnic groups, games, sports. |
Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
24 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam (Written)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Blekbērns, S. (2007) Domā. Neatvairāms ievads filozofijā. Rīga: ¼ Satori. (akceptējams izdevums)
2.
Kūle, M.,Kūlis R. (1998) Filosofija. Rīga: Zvaigzne ABC. (akceptējams izdevums)
3.
Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Sport. (2015) Ed. By McNamee M. & Morgan W.J. Routledge.Suitable for English stream
4.
Jansone, R., Gulbe, A. (2006) Materiāli par sporta vēsturi un Olimpisko izglītību. Mācību līdzeklis. Rīga: LSPA. (akceptējams izdevums)
5.
Latvijas olimpiskā vēsture: no Stokholmas līdz Soltleiksitijai. (2003) Rīga: Latvijas Olimpiskā komiteja. (akceptējams izdevums)
Additional Reading
1.
Kūle, M. (2016) Jābūtības vārdi. Etīdes par zināšanām un vērtībām mūsdienu Latvijā. Rīga: Zinātne.
2.
Reid, H.L. (2012) Introduction to the philosophy of sport. Rowman& Littlefield Publishers, INC.
3.
Vedins, I. (2008) Zinātne un patiesība. Rīga: Zinātne.
4.
Stīgers, M. (2008) Globalizācija. Ļoti saistošs ievads. Rīga: ¼ Satori.
5.
Latvijas sporta lepnums 100: personības, notikumi, procesi (2018) Rīga: Latvijas Sporta muzejs.
6.
Forands, I. (2020) Latvijas Sporta apskats. Rīga: Latvijas Izglītības fonds.
7.
Bulatova, M., Bubka, S. (2013) Cultural heritage of ancient Olympic games. Kyiv: Olympic literature.Suitable for English stream
Other Information Sources
1.
Latvijas Olimpiskās akadēmijas izglītības materiāli
2.
Latvijas Olimpiskā komiteja
3.
International Olympic Commitee
4.
International Fair Play committee