Health Promoting Physical Activities (LSPA_149)
About Study Course
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.
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, History of Sport, Philosophy of Sport.
Learning outcomes
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.
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).
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.
Study course planning
| Study programme | Study semester | Program level | Study course category | Lecturers | Schedule |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sports and education specialist (preschool sports teacher), PSS | 1 | First level | Required | ||
| Health, physical activity and security (sports and health teacher), VMSNz | 8 | Bachelor’s | Limited choice | ||
| Health, physical activity and security (sports, health and national defense teacher), VASNz | 8 | Bachelor’s | Limited choice |
| Study programme | Study semester | Program level | Study course category | Lecturers | Schedule |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sports and education specialist (adapted physical activity education specialist), PVAS | 2 | First level | Limited choice | ||
| Health, physical activity and security (sports and health teacher), VMS | 8 | Bachelor’s | Limited choice | ||
| Health, physical activity and security (sports and health teacher), VMSN | 8 | Bachelor’s | Limited choice | ||
| Health, physical activity and security (sports, health and national defense teacher), VAS | 8 | Bachelor’s | Limited choice | ||
| Health, physical activity and security (sports, health and national defense teacher), VASN | 8 | Bachelor’s | Limited choice |
