- Docente: Athanasios Pappous
- Credits: 6
- SSD: SPS/08
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Rimini
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Wellness, Sport and Health (cod. 5813)
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from Oct 07, 2024 to Dec 09, 2024
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course, students will be able to: • Demonstrate an understanding of key social issues in sport, exercise and wellness. • Apply wider social issues to case study examples within sport and physical activity contexts • Demonstrate an understanding of important sociological concepts such as body image, nationality, ethnicity, gender, culture, family, socialisation, inclusion and integration as applied to sport and physical activity.
Course contents
Indicative content of the course:
- Introduction to social issues in sport and the case study teaching approch
- Symbols, Meaning & Identity in Sport
- Symbolic Interactionism
- Structural Functionalism
- Figurational Theory
- Sport, Power & Figurations- Social Class
- Conflict Theory
- Sport & Gender
- Critical Race Theory
- Intersectionality
Readings/Bibliography
Books:
Coakley, J. J., & Pike, E. (2021). Sports in society: Issues and controversies.
Giulianotti, R. (Ed.). (2015). Routledge handbook of the sociology of sport. London: Routledge.
Jarvie, G. (2013). Sport, culture and society: an introduction. Routledge.
Journals:
International Review for the Sociology
Journal of Sport and Social Issues
Sociology of Sport Journal (SSJ)
European Journal for Sport and Society
Sport in Society
Teaching methods
- Case-based teaching
- Working groups and peer teaching.
- Theoretical lessons
Assessment methods
Oral exam (based on the analysis of a case study)
Teaching tools
Virtuale.unibo.it platform
Guest Lectures
PPtx slides
Teams Microsoft
audio/video files
Office hours
See the website of Athanasios Pappous
SDGs




This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.