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Health Promoting Physical Activities

Study Course Description

Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:27.06.2024 11:05:34
Study Course Information
Course Code:LSPA_149LQF level:All Levels
Credit Points:2.00ECTS:3.00
Branch of Science:Sports ScienceTarget Audience:Pedagogy; Sports Trainer
Study Course Supervisor
Course Supervisor:Zinta Galeja
Study Course Implementer
Structural Unit:Latvian Academy of Sport Education (LASE)
The Head of Structural Unit:
Contacts:LSPA, Brīvības gatve 333, Riga, LV-1006
Study Course Planning
Full-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)11Lecture Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Lectures22
Classes (count)7Class Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Classes14
Total Contact Hours36
Part-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)13Lecture Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Lectures26
Classes (count)5Class Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Classes10
Total Contact Hours36
Study course description
Preliminary Knowledge:
Study courses mastered: Teacher’s Professional Skills, Civil Protection, State Security and Environmental Protection for Sustainable Development, Teaching and Learning in the Context of Diversity, Business and Accounting, Educational Psychology for Teachers, Biomechanics and Ergonomics, Human Anatomy and Dynamic Anatomy, Management of Educational Institution, Foundations and Methodology of Obstacle Overcoming, Foundations and Methodology of Moving Objects, Foundations and Methodology of Moving, History of Sport, Philosophy of Sport.
Objective:
To educate the student according to the competences provided for in the teacher’s standard and the content requirements of the Health and Physical Activity Education standard in the section “Physical activity is a prerequisite for good physical and mental health”. To provide students a scientific basis for teaching, explaining and justifying health promoting physical activity to pupils of different grades on the selection, proportioning and control of health promoting physical exercises in accordance with physical fitness and objectives of lessons.
Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.TopicType of ImplementationNumberVenue
1Recommended heart rate during physical load. Respiration rate as a load intensity criterion. Other load intensity criteria to be used in sport and health.Lectures1.00auditorium
Classes1.00auditorium
2Effects of physical activity on various systems, organs and tissues of the body. Effects of physical activity on cognitive abilities and brain functions.Lectures2.00auditorium
3Warm-up and preparation exercises before performing various physical activities. Fitness indicators and changes thereto in health promoting classes. Fitness tests and their application in health promoting classes.Lectures1.00auditorium
Classes1.00auditorium
4Recommended load volume and intensity in health promoting classes.Lectures1.00auditorium
Classes1.00auditorium
5Selection of sportswear and footwear according to the specifics of physical activity in indoor and outdoor activities.Lectures1.00auditorium
6Planning of physical activities in daily mode. Development of fitness programmes for children, adolescents and young people.Lectures1.00auditorium
Classes1.00auditorium
7Energy consumption in physical loads of varying intensity and duration. Use of fats and carbohydrates depending on the intensity and duration of load.Lectures1.00auditorium
8Use of digital technologies for practising healthy lifestyles, recording, controlling, proportioning physical activity (fitness bracelets, smartwatches, GPS, mobile apps, etc.).Lectures1.00auditorium
Classes1.00auditorium
9Various options and resources for adapting physical activity to improve and maintain health. Role of different physical activities in maintaining normal body mass, effect on metabolism.Lectures1.00auditorium
10Creating a safe and healthy pre-school environment, health promoting activities. Effective management of stress and conflict situations, breathing and muscle relaxation exercises.Lectures1.00auditorium
11Presentation of programmes for sports and health classes and analysis thereof.Classes2.00auditorium
Topic Layout (Part-Time)
No.TopicType of ImplementationNumberVenue
1Recommended heart rate during physical load. Respiration rate as a load intensity criterion. Other load intensity criteria to be used in sport and health.Lectures1.00auditorium
2Effects of physical activity on various systems, organs and tissues of the body. Effects of physical activity on cognitive abilities and brain functions.Lectures2.00auditorium
3Warm-up and preparation exercises before performing various physical activities. Fitness indicators and changes thereto in health promoting classes. Fitness tests and their application in health promoting classes.Lectures1.00auditorium
Classes1.00auditorium
4Recommended load volume and intensity in health promoting classes.Lectures1.00auditorium
Classes1.00auditorium
5Selection of sportswear and footwear according to the specifics of physical activity in indoor and outdoor activities.Lectures1.00auditorium
6Planning of physical activities in daily mode. Development of fitness programmes for children, adolescents and young people.Lectures1.00auditorium
Classes1.00auditorium
7Energy consumption in physical loads of varying intensity and duration. Use of fats and carbohydrates depending on the intensity and duration of load.Lectures1.00auditorium
8Use of digital technologies for practising healthy lifestyles, recording, controlling, proportioning physical activity (fitness bracelets, smartwatches, GPS, mobile apps, etc.).Lectures1.00auditorium
Classes2.00auditorium
9Various options and resources for adapting physical activity to improve and maintain health. Role of different physical activities in maintaining normal body mass, effect on metabolism.Lectures2.00auditorium
10Creating a safe and healthy pre-school environment, health promoting activities. Effective management of stress and conflict situations, breathing and muscle relaxation exercises.Lectures2.00auditorium
Assessment
Unaided Work:
Theoretical literature studies on the importance and application of physical exercise in promoting health. Searching scientific information in scientific databases on the respective topics. Preparation for seminars (test works) on the specified topics using the specified literature. Preparing presentations on the specified topics. To develop a programme for sports and health classes and the content of classes for independent health promoting classes for children of different ages. Preparation for the written exam and test.
Assessment Criteria:
Presentations of students’ independent work, developed programmes for sports and health classes are assessed in the study course. At the end of the study course, a written examination on theoretical matters should be successfully passed and the corresponding answers should be marked in the knowledge test. The final assessment of the study course is determined by the average assessment of presentations 25%, sports and health programmes 25%, theoretical questions 25% and answers in the test 25%.
Final Examination (Full-Time):Exam
Final Examination (Part-Time):Exam
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge:1. The importance and application of different physical exercises in strengthening health and disease prevention, the choice of the extent and intensity of the load of different physical exercises and proportioning load to promote health. 2. Recommendations on physical activity by WHO and other international organisations. 3. Effects of regular physical activity on cognitive abilities, different systems in the body. 4. Energy consumption in different physical activities depending on the type and intensity of the load, carbohydrate and fat consumption depending on the intensity and duration of the load. 5. Digital technology capabilities (mobile apps, heart-rate monitors, fitness bracelets) for controlling load volume and intensity, including programmes and tests for various cardio-vascular machines. 6. The workload of general fitness exercises (movement coordination, general endurance, strength, speed, flexibility) necessary for children of different ages according to their capacity for work and assessment of fitness.
Skills:7. For children of different ages with different physical fitness, to prepare responsibly and independently for physical activity and choose preparation exercises before performing different physical activities. 8. To select and apply digital technologies to promote, track and control the physical activity of children of different ages, control energy consumption, evaluate basic metabolism and physical load energy consumption. 9. To provide students with practical skills in digital technologies for controlling and maintaining physical activity, such as mobile apps, heart-rate monitors, fitness bracelets, global positioning systems (GPS).
Competencies:10. To recommend children and young people of different ages to do appropriate exercises to develop their overall physical capacity and strengthen their health, and monitor changes in their physical fitness in health-promoting classes. 11. Able to analyse the workload of general fitness exercises (movement coordination, general endurance, strength, speed, flexibility) necessary for children of different ages according to their physical fitness, capacity for work and to assess changes in physical fitness under the influence of regular classes.
Bibliography
No.Reference
Required Reading
1Bula-Biteniece, I., Jansone, R., & Piech, K. (2013). Bērns un sports pirmskolā. Rīga, RaKa, 238lpp.
2Jansone, R., Fernāte, A., & Bula-Biteniece. I. (2016). Sporta pedagoģija vakar, šodien, rīt. Raka, 365lpp.
3Hansens, A., & Sundberjs, K., J. (2009). Svarīgākās zāles – kustības. Valters un Rapa, 191lpp.
Additional Reading
1Benes, & Sarah, (2018). Lesson Planning for Skills-Based Health Education : meeting secondary-Level National Standards. Human Kinetics, 299p.
2Shimon J. (2006). Introduction to Teaching Physical Education. 2nd Edition With Web Resourse.
3Gavin, & James. (2017). Lifestyle Wellness Coaching. James Gavin, Madeleine Mcbrearty, Concordia University. 2nd Edition. Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, 2017. 1 tiešsaistes resurss (xii, 261 lpp.)
4Bompa, Tudor, O., Conditioning Young Athletes. (2015). Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics. 1 tiešsaistes resurss (viii, 296 lpp.)
5Santana, & Carlos, J. (2016). Functional Training / Juan Carlos Santana. Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, 1 tiešsaistes resurss (xiv, 274 lpp.)