Pedagogical Placement of a Specialist in Adapted Physical Activities (LSPA_161)
About Study Course
Objective
To promote the education of a qualified and creative APA teacher by promoting a link between theoretical knowledge and practical activity, fostering the development of professional competence. To enable the future APA teacher to develop competences for professional activities, skills and ability to work with students with special needs. To promote innovative forms of education and upbringing by implementing transversal skills, health and securability in the pedagogical process of civic education.
Prerequisites
All general education study courses, industry and profession specific study courses, compulsory industry-specific study courses and elective industry-specific courses.
Learning outcomes
1. Understands the mission of the teacher’s profession.
2. Formulates open, cognition-oriented questions in personal experience in situations related to sports education.
3. Compares, interprets, evaluates, combines and groups simple information according to the given criteria. Looks for verified facts, checks them.
4. Independently sets a number of learning goals and plans his or her practical activity to implement them, both alone and in a group.
5. Acquires observation skills and technology to guide the learning process in sports and health classes.
6. Identifies and defines differences in different types of educational institutions in sports education.
7. Analyses and discusses different types of study institutions and the activities of sports and health teachers.
8. Plans and implements practically meaningful sports and health classes in line with the regulatory framework for APA.
9. Builds a physically and emotionally safe developing and inclusive environment.
10. Offers various tasks in APA sports and health classes in line with students’ fitness and health.
11. Encourages students to think and give them opportunity to plan, monitor and assess their learning process to the extent possible.
12. Defines the limits for learning of movements, provides effective feedback individually to each student. Creates performance parameters and criteria for each student individually.
13. Develops personal professional skills and competences by working with colleagues and the administration to support students’ learning.
Study course planning
| Study programme | Study semester | Program level | Study course category | Lecturers | Schedule |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sports and education specialist (adapted physical activity education specialist), PVAS | 4 | First level | Required |
