Introduction to Contemporary Thought

Code:

229

Acronym:

229

Instance: 2019/2020 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Course/CS Responsible:	Sports Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LCD	203	First Degree in Sports Sciences (2011/2012)	2	-	5	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The purposes of this curricular unit are:

- To adjust contemporary thinking to the questions raised by sport sciences.
- To face sport in a multivariable perspective.
- To understand the major importance of aesthetics and ethics to the understanding of sports.
- To think about sport in the context of corporality.

Learning outcomes and competences

It is intended that at the end of the semester the students have acquired skills in the development of: i) critical and sensitive thinking, ii) interest in integrative visions of problems and iii) interdisciplinary approaches.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Borders and thinking
1.1. Contemporary thinking and borders
1.2. Borders and sports sciencies
1.3. Philosophy of sports and sports sciencies

2. Body and sports - Paulo Cunha e Silva thought


3. Aesthetics-ehics of sports
3.1. Sports, aesthetics and ethics
3.2. Sports considered as an aesthetic-ethic activity
3.3. Factors and aesthetic categories that shape the aesthetic value of sports
3.4. The aesthetic experience induced by sports
3.5. The boundaries of the sports body
3.6. The ugly in sports

Mandatory literature

Bento Jorge Olímpio; Desporto e humanismo. ISBN: 85-85881-59-3
Bento Jorge 340; Desporto, ética, sociedade
Lacerda T. O. (Teresa); Olhar para o desporto do ponto de vista estético
Lacerda Teresa Oliveira; Elementos para a construção de uma estética do desporto
Lacerda Teresa O.; Uma^aproximação estética ao corpo desportivo
Lipovetsky Gilles; O^império do efémero. ISBN: 972-20-0695-9
Lipovetsky Gilles; A^era do vazio
Silva Paulo Cunha e; O lugar do corpo. ISBN: 972-771-076-X
Kretchmar R. Scott; Practical philosophy of sport. ISBN: 0-87322-619-4
Hyland Drew A.; Philosophy of sport. ISBN: 1-557-78189-3
ULL; Sport, Ethics and Philosophy. ISBN: 1751-1321
Feezell Randolph; Sport philosophy and good lives. ISBN: 978-0-8032-7153-1
Gumbrecht Hans Ulrich; In Praise of athletic beauty. ISBN: 0-674-02172-X

Comments from the literature

During the semester the teacher will provide more references in order to help autonomous study periods.

 

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical classes: the expository method prevails, although there is an effort to place the student in the center of the teaching process, promoting interaction and developing the need for research and critical reflection on the topics discussed.

Practical classes: reflection and discussion of issues covered in class through  texts, pictures and movies, presentation of group work, promoting autonomy, responsibility and critical thinking.

keywords

Humanities

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Exame	60,00
Trabalho escrito	40,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	20,00
Estudo autónomo	50,00
Frequência das aulas	30,00
Trabalho de investigação	15,00
Trabalho escrito	20,00
Total:	135,00

Eligibility for exams

It is necessary attendance to pratical classes (75%).

Calculation formula of final grade

Theoretical component: 60%. Final exam.

Practical component: 40 %. Students must accomplish two practical works during the semester within continuous assessment. Attendance of 75% of classes.

Final result: 9,5 values equal or above to succeed the Curricular Unit.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

In accordance with the general regulation of the University of Porto.

 

Classification improvement

In accordance with the general regulation of the University of Porto.