Winter 2016
THEME: Critically Examining the World's Game in London and Seville
What role does sport and specifically soccer play in a society? Given their deep soccer history and current success on the world stage, London and Seville provide students rich and unique opportunities to investigate how sport and society intersect as well as how globalization impacts each.
The program will immerse students in sporting cultures where soccer players, coaches, and fans are among the most knowledgeable and passionate in the world. Along with classroom activities, site visits to soccer clubs, schools, and stadiums, will encourage students to explore first hand British and Spanish culture. A rewarding aspect of the program will be a service-learning project in Seville that will engage students in coaching, teaching, and learning with and from local school children.
FACULTY DIRECTOR
Bob Carlson, Assistant Professor of Physical Education, Athletics, and Recreation
Professor Carlson has taught and coached soccer at Carleton for over 15 years. Helping students of all abilities enjoy and appreciate the rewards of sport, he looks forward to sharing his coaching and teaching expertise in these exciting settings.
LEARNING GOALS
- To understand how sport intersects with society in a globalized world. By living and studying in two distinct and unfamiliar cultures, the goal is to expand students’ worldview on how sport influences, enhances, and impacts their daily lives and the lives of others
- To understand key issues in the study of globalization and development by applying case studies from the world of football
- To use new methods of teaching skills, structure, and strategies of team-oriented sports in a cross-cultural setting to conduct a free clinic for Seville school children
- To grow personally and further appreciate life in an interconnected world by being immersed in different cultures throughout the program