General entry requirements + English 6

Part of study programme or single subject course:

The course is a single subject course. According to the Swedish higher education system, a student may choose between following a fixed study programme or of combining different single subject courses that will lead to an individually designed degree.

Objectives:

The course will give a basic understanding of Physical Education (PE) and sports in a Swedish context, from both an historical and a contemporary perspective. The course will also give the student practical experience of typical Swedish physical activities and sports, with special focus on outdoor activities (friluftsliv). The course will also give an insight into the Swedish school system or Swedish sports organizations through practice and study visits.

The course will give a background to Swedish culture and the history of the school system, PE and Sports system that will provide the student with a sound basis for understanding the Swedish context. Special focus is given to outdoor activities. Different typical Swedish sports will be presented to the student through practical activities. Through seminars and study visits to different schools or sport organizations the student will receive a deeper insight into the Swedish model.

After completing the course the students will be able to

• describe how the curriculum for the Swedish compulsory and upper secondary school system are organized

• describe how sports in Sweden are organized

• discuss outdoor life and its context from a practical and theoretical insight

• describe the most important elements of practice of common sports in Sweden

• identify the differences and similarities between PE or sports from a Swedish perspective and the system in the student’s home country.

The course consists of lectures, group activities, seminars, practical exercises, hiking and study visits to schools or sports organizations. The student will take part in either a multi-hike (summer/autumn) or winter education in the Swedish mountains (winter/spring) during a period of 4-10 days in the Swedish mountains. Discussions concerning the student’s expectations and/or experience will take place and a study programme will be developed and agreed upon in collaboration with the course teachers.

At the end of the course students will present a paper and give an oral presentation based on a comparison between the Swedish system and that of the student’s home country. The student should use facts and knowledge gained from all parts of the course. To achive facts and knowledge the student have to take part in practical workshops together with Swedish students and take part in winter or summer education in the mountains. It also includes study visits at sport organizations or schools.

Bairner, A. (2001). Sport, nationalism, and globalization: European and North American perspectives. State University of New York Press. ISBN o-7914-4912-2. 213s. (Elektronisk resurs)

Henderson, B., & Vikander, N. (2007). Nature first. [electronic resource]: outdoor life the friluftsliv way. Natural Heritage Books. ISBN 9781897045213. 336s. (Elektronisk resurs)

Meinander, H. Mangan, J. A. (2013) The Nordic world: Sport in society. ISBN 9781315036892. 200p. (Elektronisk resurs)

Pedersen Gurholt, Kirsti. (2008). Norwegian friluftsliv and ideals of becoming an educated man. Journal of Adventure Education & Outdoor Learning, 8(1). (s. 55–70). (Elektronisk resurs)

Curriculum for the compulsory school, preschool class and school-age educare 2011 (revised 2019). Skolverket. Available on the internet.

Articles will be added. Approximately 500 pages.

Optional Literature, 1000p.

Literature from the home country from a comparative perspective, 200p

Malmö University provides students who participate in, or who have completed a course, with the opportunity to express their opinions and describe their experiences of the course by completing a course evaluation administered by the University. The University will compile and summarise the results of course evaluations. The University will also inform participants of the results and any decisions relating to measures taken in response to the course evaluations. The results will be made available to the students (HF 1:14).

If a course is no longer offered, or has undergone significant changes, the students must be offered two opportunities for re-examination based on the syllabus that applied at the time of registration, for a period of one year after the changes have been implemented.

If a student has a Learning support decision, the examiner has the right to provide the student with an adapted test, or to allow the student to take the exam in a different format. The syllabus is a translation of a Swedish source text.