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Sport and Multiculturalism

Code: PDCD020     Acronym: CD-DEC

Keywords
Classification Keyword
OFICIAL Sports Sciences

Instance: 2017/2018 - SP

Active? Yes
Course/CS Responsible: Sport Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym No. of Students Study Plan Curricular Years Credits UCN Credits ECTS Contact hours Total Time
PDCD 4 Plano em vigor a partir de 2009 1 - 5 45 135

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

The main purposes of this curricular unit are:
1. To understand the value of sport in the shaping of the ideal of multiculturalism
2. Show understanding of sport as a multicultural experience
3. To enable students to gain a detailed knowledge of the concept of human diversity

Learning outcomes and competences

When choosing certain syllabus we are disclaiming others. But more important than the proposal syllabus is the incessant searching for the meaning. Our aim is to understand that the human being represents the heart of sports, therefore is essential to rely on the following quotation “what is and who is Man”. Students must show understanding of culture as the crucial element of human being recognition, in order to make clear thatculture is the starting point to analyse sports.

Working method

Presencial

Program


  • Definition of sport

  • Concept of culture

  • Concept of multiculturalism

  • Concept of Human Person

  • The Human Person as the central element of sport

  • Critical overview upon the concept of "race"

  • Diversity versus difference

  • The "Self" and the "Other" in sport

Mandatory literature

DAWKINS, R.; The extended phenotype, W. H. Freeman, 1982
LÉVINAS, E.; El yo y la totalidad. In Entre nosotros. Ensayos para pensar en outro, Pre-Textos, 2001 (pp.25-51)
Locke Don C.; Increasing multicultural understanding. ISBN: 0-8039-4594-9
MARTINO, C.; El encuentro y la emergência de lo humano. In PADRES, J.e ORIOL, M.(eds.) Los retos del multiculturalismo, Ed. Encuentro, 2009 (pp. 114-135)
DONATI, P.; Desigualdades, diferencias y diversidades: la intregación social más allá del multiculturalismo. In PADRES, J. e ORIOL, M. (eds.) Los retos del multiculturalismo, Ed. Encuentro, 2009 (pp. 136-152)
MOREIRA, A.; A circunstância do Estado exíguo, Diário de Bordo, 2009
MORUS, T.; Utopia, Fund. Calouste Gulbenkian, 2006
PATRÍCIO, M.; A Escola Cultural. Uma resposta à tensão globalização – diversidade, Porto Editora, 2002 (pp. 73-85)
RICOUER, P.; Ideologia e Utopia, Edições 70, 1991

Teaching methods and learning activities

From the given themes, students must be led to a critical thinking. After the enlightenment of the curricular unit issues, there is space to an open dialogue. These themes bring to awareness Man as the main spindle of the anthropological thinking in sports. The great purpose is to develop students’ skills and ability, with a view to making them more independent learners. Making them gain discourse independence, which will reflect itself in the discussion of the themes as well as in the interpretation of texts and the searching for new challenges. It is important to make students realize that this present time is a time that asks for personal responsibility as well as for the eternal quest for transcendence. Every student must rely on discipline in order to pursuit knowledge. Due to the lack of thinking that takes place, this curricular unit brings to light the Human Person, having as a specific background the anthropological founding of sports.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation Weight (%)
Trabalho escrito 100,00
Total: 100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation Time (hours)
Trabalho escrito 100,00
Total: 100,00

Eligibility for exams

Terms of frequency: Students are required to attend 75 % of classes and a record is kept of attendance, with exceptions according to UP regulations

Calculation formula of final grade

Distribution assessment with essay writing. The evaluation is in accordance with University of Porto Assessment Rules

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Internship work/project

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

Not applicable
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