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Content and Methodology of Outdoor and Adventure Activity IV - Sticking
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:1.00
Study Course Accepted:19.06.2024 10:30:59
Study Course Information | |||||||||
Course Code: | LSPA_232 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
Branch of Science: | Sports Science | Target Audience: | Sports Trainer; Pedagogy | ||||||
Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
Course Supervisor: | Kalvis Ciekurs | ||||||||
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) | 3 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 6 | ||||
Classes (count) | 15 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 30 | ||||
Total Contact Hours | 36 | ||||||||
Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
Lectures (count) | 3 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 6 | ||||
Classes (count) | 15 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 30 | ||||
Total Contact Hours | 36 | ||||||||
Study course description | |||||||||
Preliminary Knowledge: | Study courses mastered: Educational Psychology for Teachers, Teacher’s Professional Skills, Social-Emotional Learning, Legal Aspects of Pedagogical Process, Management of Educational Institution, Theory of Sport, Innovative Information Communication Technologies and Methods in Sport Pedagogy, Biomechanics and Ergonomics, General and Physical Activity Biochemistry, Qualitative Research in Sport and Health Education, Quantitative Research in Sport and Health Education, Nutrition, Pre-School Sport Paedagogy, General and Age-Specific Physiology, Physiology of Physical Activities, Human Anatomy and Dynamic Anatomy, Environmental Health, Health Promoting Physical Activities, Foundations and Methodology of Basketball, Foundations and Methodology of Volleyball, Foundations and Methodology of Football, Foundations and Methodology of Floorball, Foundations and Methodology of Handball, Foundations and Methodology of Badminton and Frisbee, Foundations and Methodology of Skiing, Foundations and Methodology of Track and Field Exercises, Foundations and Methodology of Swimming, Outdoor and Adventure Activities I, II, III, Foundations and Methodology of Self-Defence, Rhythmics and Rhythmic Combinations, History of Sport, Philosophy of Sport, Sport in Multicultural Environment and Olympic Education, Project Development, Health Education and Health Promotion, Psychology of Physical Activities, School Sport Paedagogy, Single Player Movement Games and Physical Activities, Sport Medicine, Professional Communication and Terminology I (English, German, Russian), Professional Communication and Terminology II (English, German, Russian), Professional Ethics, Teacher’s Placement I, II, III. | ||||||||
Objective: | To enable students to acquire basic theoretical and practical knowledge in outdoor and adventure activities (Nordic walking), according to the content of general education school studies. | ||||||||
Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
1 | Study environment, assessment of the study course. Safety aspects of outdoor and adventure activities. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
2 | Description of Nordic walking. Nordic walking activities in Latvia and the world. Types of Nordic walking technique. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
3 | Choice of learning strategies, study methods and techniques at different levels of basic education – in accordance with age characteristics, fitness of pupils, study tasks and learning outcomes. Movement games with Nordic walking elements. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
4 | Specifics of teaching Nordic walking technique to people of different ages, genders and technical fitness. Nordic walking at school. | Classes | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
5 | Development and practical management of a lesson plan for secondary school. Presentation of selected study methods, study content, assessment criteria, methodological and visual materials on the topics drawn by the student. | Classes | 10.00 | auditorium | |||||
Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
1 | Study environment, assessment of the study course. Safety aspects of outdoor and adventure activities. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
2 | Description of Nordic walking. Nordic walking activities in Latvia and the world. Types of Nordic walking technique. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
3 | Choice of learning strategies, study methods and techniques at different levels of basic education – in accordance with age characteristics, fitness of pupils, study tasks and learning outcomes. Movement games with Nordic walking elements. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
4 | Specifics of teaching Nordic walking technique to people of different ages, genders and technical fitness. Nordic walking at school. | Classes | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
5 | Development and practical management of a lesson plan for secondary school. Presentation of selected study methods, study content, assessment criteria, methodological and visual materials on the topics drawn by the student. | Classes | 10.00 | auditorium | |||||
Assessment | |||||||||
Unaided Work: | studies, students, using lecture materials and various other sources of information, perform independent work: 1. Plan an outdoor activity with basic Nordic walking skills, including using modern technologies – mobile apps and/or GPS recording devices. 2. Development of a laboratory work on Nordic walking – assessment of individual skills, technique developing a proper technique improvement methodology for oneself (exercises, proportioning). 3. Preparation for the theoretical examination in Nordic walking – test and practical test, in accordance with instructions of the teaching staff. | ||||||||
Assessment Criteria: | The final assessment of the study course is formed by summing up tests during the course. | ||||||||
Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
Knowledge: | 1. Knows the facts, understands theories and patterns in outdoor and adventure activities (incl. Nordic walking), module topics. 2. Knows learning strategies, methods and techniques. 3. Understands the ways in which learning performance is assessed and the criteria for determining it. | ||||||||
Skills: | 4. Uses various learning methods, techniques and study aids to master the content of the subject and develop general skills. 5. Builds a supportive study environment, respecting the principles of confidentiality and privacy. 6. Organises situations close to real life in the study process. Chooses appropriate methods for assessing learning achievements. | ||||||||
Competencies: | 8. Uses fact-based, theoretical knowledge and knowledge of patterns in an integrated way, purposefully and critically selects and uses different methods, technologies and teaching methodological materials in the study process for the needs of students and according to the learning outcomes. 9. Able to creatively organise a study environment appropriate for the objective and tasks of studies, choose study aids in learning outdoor activities by integrating health and safety content, other subject areas, transversal skills and values. 10. Able to justify the role of feedback, formative and summative assessment in achieving the objective and outcome of studies. 11. Able to identify security hazards and risks in different environments and situations in outdoor and adventure activities, take preventive safety measures, choosing the most appropriate problem-solving strategies. | ||||||||
Bibliography | |||||||||
No. | Reference | ||||||||
Required Reading | |||||||||
1 | 1. Noteikumi par valsts pamatizglītības standartu un pamatizglītības programmu paraugiem. Ministru kabineta noteikumi Nr. 747. Rīgā 2018. gada 27. novembrī (prot. Nr. 56 38. §). | ||||||||
2 | 2. Nūjošana. (2017). Metodiskais līdzeklis. Rīga, LSPA. | ||||||||
Additional Reading | |||||||||
1 | 3. Ciekurs, K., &.Smila, B. (2014). Nūjošanas tehnikas pamatu raksturojums un mācīšanas pamati. (2014). Metodiskais līdzeklis. Rīga, LSPA. | ||||||||
2 | 4. Ciekurs, K., & Smila B. (2014). Nūjošanas tehnikas analīze. Metodiskais līdzeklis. Rīga, LSPA. | ||||||||
3 | 5. Ciekurs, K., & Smila, B. (2014). Nūjošana. Metodiskais līdzeklis. Rīga, LSPA. | ||||||||
4 | 6. Nūjo vesels! (2009). Praktiski padomi iesācējiem, Rīga, 36,6C. | ||||||||
5 | 7. Nordic Walking a Total Body Experience. Book Surge. | ||||||||
Other Information Sources | |||||||||
1 | 8. Žurnāls 36,6 C | ||||||||
2 | 9. Nūjotājiem | ||||||||
3 | 10. INWA |