Movement Games (LSPA_173)
About Study Course
Objective
To promote the development of the professional competence of students in the organisation and management of teaching and learning of single player movement games and physical activities, taking into account the individual possibilities of students and conformity with the learning outcome to be achieved, as well as to enable students to acquire theoretical knowledge and practical skills in modelling variants of single player movement games and physical activities with simplified or changed rules and load regulation, organisation of events for students.
Prerequisites
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 and/or History of Sport, Philosophy of Sport.
Learning outcomes
1. About the origins, history and development of movement games in Latvia and the world.
2. Methodology for teaching techniques and strategies of movement games with simplified or changed rules (teaching methods, study aids, forms of organisation of sports and health classes).
3. Assessment and self-assessment of children’s performance when learning single-player movement games and physical activities with simplified or changed rules.
4. To practically plan, lead exercises of movement games with simplified or changed rules and assess their learning in accordance with state pre-school education guidelines.
5. To apply rules of movement games.
6. To demonstrate skills acquired in an activity for learning movement games with simplified or changed rules.
7. Ability to plan, lead an interdisciplinary and individualised learning process in various activities involving movement game exercises in accordance with the requirements of state pre-school education guidelines.
8. Ability to critically analyse and evaluate the pedagogical aids, methods, techniques and movement game aids used, their compliance with the abilities of students and education goals in diverse health-promoting movement game exercise activities.
9. Ability to take responsibility for classes with movement game exercises and safety of movement game events in pre-school.
10. Ability to establish clear performance and student growth assessment criteria and test methods when learning movement games with simplified or changed rules.
11. Ability to analyse learning outcomes in learning movement games with simplified or changed rules and track the child’s growth, identify the support measures needed to improve learning performance.
12. Ability to provide feedback to child and in the assessment of personal activities in activities involving movement games with simplified or changed rules.
13. Able to creatively choose study aids in learning movement games with simplified or changed rules by integrating health and safety content, as well as other subject areas, transversal skills and values.
14. Able to identify security hazards and risks in different environments and situations during movement games, take preventive safety measures, choosing the most appropriate problem-solving strategies.
Study course planning
| Study programme | Study semester | Program level | Study course category | Lecturers | Schedule |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sports and education specialist (preschool sports teacher), PSS | 2 | First level | Limited choice |
