SPEDB102 Leisure Time Education

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2027
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Martin Majcík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Dana Knotová, Ph.D.
Department of Educational Sciences – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. et Mgr. Adéla Zajíčková
Supplier department: Department of Educational Sciences – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/40, only registered: 0/40
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Abstract
Pedagogy of leisure time will offer information about problems and content of free time activities in its historical and present context. It will consist of function of after school education, bringing up and educational activities in a present time and of different leisure time facilities in both Czech and international context. Koncept of animation as a prevention of social ; patological phenomenons. Students should also get a view of existention and working of leisure centre facilities in their localities.
Learning outcomes
Studens are be able to:
- describe the transformation of the phenomenon leisure time in history;
-identify and summarize important features of the concepts of leisure time education;
- apply the principles of leisure time education in the own design of the leisure activities of the selected target group;
Key topics
  • Human, society and education in free time. Conception and function of free time.
  • Typology of free time activities in relationship with age, gender, education, locality and other variables.
  • Free time activities, classification, significance, methodes and forms of work.
  • Origin and significance of organized activity in free time (YMCA, YWCA, Sokol, scouting, League of Forest Wisdom, Czech Capming Union etc.).
  • Definition of games and their atributes, educational significance of games. Theories of games, their segmentation. History of games, metamorphosis of functions, motives, attitudes and aims of games in single develop ethapes of pedagogic. How to create and change the games. Danger of gambling (so-called gamblers games).
  • Associations and organisations caring for freetime education in the Czech Republic.
  • Overview of associations and organisations caring for freetime education in chosen European countries.
  • Legal rules, laws, ordinances and norms for work with children and youth and for organising various actions.
Study resources and literature
    required literature
  • NOVOTNÁ, Erika. Pedagogika voľného času. Bratislava: Rokus, 2017. ISBN 978-80-8951-058-0
  • KNOTOVÁ, Dana. Pedagogické dimenze volného času (Leisure Time Dimensions of Pedagogy). 1. vyd. Brno: Paido, 2011, 195 pp. 333. ISBN 978-80-7315-223-9. info
  • HÁJEK, Bedřich; Břetislav HOFBAUER and Jiřina PÁVKOVÁ. Pedagogické ovlivňování volného času : trendy pedagogiky volného času. Vyd. 2., aktualiz. Praha: Portál, 2011, 239 s. ISBN 9788026200307. info
  • HANUŠ, Radek and Lenka CHYTILOVÁ. Zážitkově pedagogické učení. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 2009, 192 s. ISBN 9788024728162. URL info
    recommended literature
  • Koshar, Rudy. Histories of Leisure (2002).
  • Kaplánek, M. (ed.). Čas volnosti – čas výchovy : pedagogické úvahy o volném čase. Praha : Portál, 2012
  • OPASCHOWSKI, Horst W. Pädagogik der freien Lebenszeit. Opladen : Leske+Budrich 1996,
  • Rojek, Chris, Susan M. Shaw, and A.J. Veal, eds/ A Handbook of Leisure Studies. (2006).
  • PÁVKOVÁ, Jiřina. Pedagogika volného času : [teorie, praxe a perspektivy mimoškolní výchovy a zařízení volného času]. Vyd. 4. Praha: Portál, 2008, 221 s. ISBN 9788073674236. info
Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching
Lecture and seminar – explanation, group discussion, reading, group work
To complete the course, the workload is calculated as 125 hours (5 ECTS credits):
- Participation in lectures (30 hours)
- Independent study of professional literature (20 hours)
- Solving ongoing tasks based on the analysis of sources and own work (25 hours)
- Preparation for the final test (20 hours)
- Preparation for the final project (30 hours)
Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements
To successfully complete the course, the following conditions must be met:
1. Participation in lectures (3 absences permitted)
2. Completion of ongoing assignments
3. Passing the final exam
4. Submission of the final project
Alternate completion
Please get in touch with the course instructor regarding further options.
Language of instruction
Czech
Study support
https://elf.phil.muni.cz/
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2026.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2027, recent)
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