UPPVIK010 Pedagogy of Leisure Time

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2025
Extent and Intensity
10/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. PaedDr. Kamil Janiš, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Institute of Pedagogical and Psychological Sciences – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: PhDr. Edita Ondřejová, Ph.D.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FAKULTA(FVP) && TYP_STUDIA(B) && FORMA(K)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Syllabus
  • 1. Pedagogy of leisure time - profile (content, distribution of terminology, methodology)
  • 2. Leisure time - definition, characteristics, semi-leisure time, bound time, semi-educational time
  • 3. Determinants of leisure-time behaviour - theory, models, factors. Possibilities of leisure-time intervention.
  • 4. Personality development of an individual in education during leisure-time activities (use of experiential education). Psychological aspects of leisure education.
  • 5. Extracurricular upbringing - functions, goals, dimensions, current concepts. Hobby activity.
  • 6. Methodology of game activities
  • 7. Game systems. Ensuring safety and health protection.
  • 8. Social environment of educational institutions - youth home, children’s foster homes, school group and school club
  • 9. Intentional and functional forms of education in selected leisure-time centres (youth home, low-threshold facility for children and youth)
  • 10. Leisure-time of seniors - definitions, characteristics, significance, methodology, preventive role, learning dividends
  • 11. Personality of the leisure-time pedagogue - typology, competences, risks associated with educational activities
Literature
    required literature
  • JANIŠ, Kamil ml. Pedagogika volného času – vybraná témata. Opava: Slezská univerzita, 2017.
  • HÁJEK, B., B. HOFBAVEN a J. PÁVKOVÁ. Pedagogické ovlivňování volného času. Portál s.r.o., 2011. ISBN 978-80-262-0030-7. info
  • CALOŇOVÁ, D. Metodika herních činností: studijní opora. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, Fakulta veřejných politik, Ústav pedagogických a psychologických věd, 2012. ISBN 978-80-7248-774-5.
  • JANIŠ, Kamil and Jitka SKOPALOVÁ. Volný čas seniorů (Leisure time of senior citizens). první. Praha: Grada, 2016, 156 pp. Pedagogika. ISBN 978-80-247-5535-9. info
  • Bendl, Stanislav a kol. Vychovatelství: učebnice teoretických základů oboru. Vydání 1. Praha: Grada, 2015. 306 stran. Pedagogika. ISBN 978-80-247-4248-9.
  • VALENTA, M. a kol. Herní specialista v somatopedii. 3. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita v Olomouci, 2008, s. 81–110. ISBN 978-80-244-2137-7.
    recommended literature
  • EVANGELU, Jaroslava Ester. 133 her pro motivaci a rozvoj týmů. 2., rozš. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2011. ISBN 978-80-247-3927-4.
  • NAZARETH, Linda. The Leisure Economy: How Changing Demographics, Economics and Generational Attitudes Will Reshape Our Lives and Our industries. Mississauga: John Wiley & Sons, 2007. ISBN 978-0470840344.
  • ZOUHAROVÁ, Kateřina. Škola v přírodě hrou. Praha: Grada, 2012. ISBN 978-80-247-3998-4.
  • PELÁNEK, R. výukové programy - Multimédia, interakce, diskuse, aktuální témata. Praha: Portál, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7367-656-8. info
  • HANUŠ, R, CHYTILOVÁ, L. Zážitkově pedagogické učení. Praha: Grada, 2009. ISBN 978-80-247-2816-2. info
  • PELÁNEK, R. Příručka instruktora zážitkových akcí. Praha: Portál, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7367-353-6. info
  • HOFBAUER, B. Děti, mládež a volný čas. Praha: Portál, 2004. ISBN 80-7178-927-5. info
  • PŘADKA, M. Kapitoly z dějin pedagogiky volného času. Brno: MU, 1999. ISBN 80-210-2033-4. info
Teaching methods
Monologic, dialogical, activation methods
Assessment methods
exam: written in the range of lectures and specified compulsory literature (the condition for enrollment in the exam is the fulfillment of the assigned task within the study in the combined form)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Přednáška 10 HOD/SEM.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2019, Winter 2019, Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
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