2024
Sociology of Leisure and Tourism
Name: Sociology of Leisure and Tourism
Code: SOC02427L
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
Sociology
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
Overall Objective:
1. Provide students with the conceptual and paradigmatic elements of sociological analysis of the relationship between leisure and tourism;
2. Contributing to enable students to analyze critically and plural of the problems of leisure and tourism in the society "glocal" in general and in the context of social time in particular.
Specific Objectives:
1.Understand the main concepts and approaches applied in the sociological study of leisure and tourism;
2.Sociologically understand the various forms of recreation and tourism, and its relationship with the lifestyles, social time and the logic of consumption of individuals and social groups;
Understanding the reasons of social demand of leisure and tourism.
Understand the characteristics of the spheres of socio-cultural impacts of tourism and recreation in society in general andthe standard of life of individuals and groups social, in particular.
1. Provide students with the conceptual and paradigmatic elements of sociological analysis of the relationship between leisure and tourism;
2. Contributing to enable students to analyze critically and plural of the problems of leisure and tourism in the society "glocal" in general and in the context of social time in particular.
Specific Objectives:
1.Understand the main concepts and approaches applied in the sociological study of leisure and tourism;
2.Sociologically understand the various forms of recreation and tourism, and its relationship with the lifestyles, social time and the logic of consumption of individuals and social groups;
Understanding the reasons of social demand of leisure and tourism.
Understand the characteristics of the spheres of socio-cultural impacts of tourism and recreation in society in general andthe standard of life of individuals and groups social, in particular.
Contents
Module 1: Sociology Applied to the Study of Leisure and Tourism
1.1 .- Theoretical and paradigms for the consideration of the Sociology of Leisure and Tourism.
Module 2: The Leisure Society
2.1 .- Leisure Time (s) free (s):
2.2 .- The Leisure in modernity and late modernity
Module 3: Tourism and Leisure
3.1.Leisure and Leisure and Tourism,
3.2 .- Political Public Recreation and tourism development glocal.
Module 4: The Sociology and Tourism
4.1 .- Sociology of Tourism:
4. 2 .- Tourism as a social phenomenon and a particular form of leisure.
Module 5: The Logical Structure and Socio-Cultural Tourism
5.l.-tourism in contemporary society.
5.2 .- Social classes and their relationship with Tourism elite, mass and social.
5.3 .- Ratios of tourism demand:
5.4 .- Tourism, cultural impacts and social inequalities
1.1 .- Theoretical and paradigms for the consideration of the Sociology of Leisure and Tourism.
Module 2: The Leisure Society
2.1 .- Leisure Time (s) free (s):
2.2 .- The Leisure in modernity and late modernity
Module 3: Tourism and Leisure
3.1.Leisure and Leisure and Tourism,
3.2 .- Political Public Recreation and tourism development glocal.
Module 4: The Sociology and Tourism
4.1 .- Sociology of Tourism:
4. 2 .- Tourism as a social phenomenon and a particular form of leisure.
Module 5: The Logical Structure and Socio-Cultural Tourism
5.l.-tourism in contemporary society.
5.2 .- Social classes and their relationship with Tourism elite, mass and social.
5.3 .- Ratios of tourism demand:
5.4 .- Tourism, cultural impacts and social inequalities
Teaching Methods
Unit to be taught by theoretical-practical sessions, classroom-based, and can eventually be applied in practical exercises sessions via platform-moodle UEvora.
Tutorial sessions and self-study in accordance with the recommendations of the Bologna Process.
For the contact hours with the teacher and the teaching / learning will be organized in classes ~ essentially theoretical and practical
In addition to the exhibition of the content Teaching classes also count with the participation of students, individually or in small groups, and based on previously distributed or resources to research, will help to boost the sessions.
a) Evaluation continues:
- Frequency I (1 written test) 80%
- Working Group 1 20%
b) Evaluation by examination:
- Written test 80%+ practical work individually 20%
Tutorial sessions and self-study in accordance with the recommendations of the Bologna Process.
For the contact hours with the teacher and the teaching / learning will be organized in classes ~ essentially theoretical and practical
In addition to the exhibition of the content Teaching classes also count with the participation of students, individually or in small groups, and based on previously distributed or resources to research, will help to boost the sessions.
a) Evaluation continues:
- Frequency I (1 written test) 80%
- Working Group 1 20%
b) Evaluation by examination:
- Written test 80%+ practical work individually 20%
