01992 - History of Physical Education and Sports

Course contents

   Historical Studies in Physical Education and Sport

1. From the cult of the body to the myth of Olimpia
Birth and meaning of games in Hellenic civilization
Sports training and Greek fitness institutions
The spread of sport in the Greek world and the ancient Olympics

2.Motor activity among the peoples of the Far East and near the Ancient East
Motor activity among the peoples of the Mediterranean
Origins of Physical Education and Sports Medicine

3. Motor activities and sports practices in the Roman age
3.1 The feudal world and the Middle Ages
3.2 Humanitarian Renaissance Age

4. The birth of modern physical education between 600 and 700
4.1 Educational practices in Europe and sport births between '700 and' 800
The major European schools: German school - Swedish school-

French school - English school

5. Physical education and sports practice in Italy in the 1800s
Turin and Bologna Schools - by Rudolf Obermann to Emilio Baumann to Angelo Mosso

6. History of Physical Education in Italy:
From the Casati Act (1859) to the Gentile Reform (1923)
Physical education in the fascist period (1923 to 1945), from the ENEF to the GIL, the Academies

7. History of Physical Education in Italy:
Physical education at the Italian school from 1945 to 1958, years of reconstruction
Physical education from the Moro law (1958), the golden years, to the crisis of our day.

8. The origins of sport as progress in England and America
8.1 African Americans and sport - The sport beyond the skin color

9. History of the Modern Olympics: social and political analysis
9.1 Modern Olympics in Athens in 1896 - Roma 1960

10. Modern Olympics Tokyo 1964 - Rio 2016
10.1 Paralympic movement and Paralympics

10.2 Winter Olimpics 1924-2014

11. Starring sports in the twentieth century

12. Evolution of women through sport and Olimpic culture

 

 

 

 

 

Readings/Bibliography

Bibliography

ALFIERI PAOLO, The origins of the gymnasium in the Italian elementary school: Normative and didactic of a new discipline. Pensa Multimedia, 2017
ARRIGONI CLAUDIO, Paralympics, Hoepli, 2012
BERNABEO RAFFAELE A.- GIGLIOLA GORI. Historical Review of Physical Education and Sporting Election, Soc. Ed. Esculapio, 1984
CANNELLA MARIA - SERGIO GIUNTINI, Sport and Fascism, Franco Angeli, 2009
CARNEROLI ETTORE, 100 years of physical education, Ed. Mediterranee, 1959
COROGINNICA, Essays on gymnastics, sports and body culture 1861-1991
OF DONATO MICHELE, History of physical and sports education, Ed. Studium - Rome, 1984
DRABENI MARCO, Physical Activity Adapted for Disabled: Perspectives of Italian and European Reality, Sports Library, 2008
ELIA DOMENICO F.A., Sport in Italy, Carrocci Ed., 2009

HAPPY FABRIC, Sport and Fascism, Guaraldi Ed., 1976
LOMBARDO ANTONIO, Pierre De Coubertin. History of the Modern Olympics 1880-1914, Rai Eri, 2000
FERRARA PATRIZIA, Italy at the gym, La Meridiana Editori, 1992
AUGUST FRACT, Giulio Onesti. Italian sports, Giulio Onesti Foundation, 2012
MARCELLI MARISA, Physical Education and Sports in the Italian Renaissance, House Ed. Patron, 1975
PIVATO STEFANO, Sport in the 20th Century, Group Editorial Couples, 2005
NICOLE SBETTI, Power Games. Olympics and Politics from Athens to London 1896-2012, Le Monnier, 2012
TEJA A., Physical Education to Women, Rome, Social Media Press, 1995
ULMANN JACQUES, Gymnastics, Physical Education and Sports from Antiquity to Today, Armando Editore, 1968
ULMANN JACQUES, In the myth of Olimpia, edited by Gabriella Aleandri

IN DEPTH
BACKS ANDREA, Sport in Fascist Propaganda, Bradipolibri, 2002
BASSETTI REMO, History and stories of sport in Italy, Marsilio Ed., 1999
BIANDA, LEON, ROSSI, URSO, Athletes in black shirt. Sport in Italy by Mussolini, Giovanni Volpe Ed., 1983
OF NEGRO PIETRO - ORTHALLO GHERARDO, The game and the war in the second millennium, Fondazione Benetton Studi, 2008
ELIA DOMENICO F.A., History of gymnastics in southern Italy, Progedit, 2013
ISIDORI FRASCA ROSSELLA, Crazy in ancient Rome, Patron Ed., 1980
LANCILLOTTO AND NAUSICA, The Americas, Year XXVIII, No. 1-3, 2011
MALGÒ JOVAN, Sports Stories, Women's Stories, Rizzoli Ed., 2012
JUNIOR PASTES, Sport and World War II, New Ed. Genovese, 1993
RUSSIAN MARIA PIA, The Game and Fascism, Aracne, 2005

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