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About Study Course

Department: Latvian Academy of Sport Education (LASE)
Credit points / ECTS:16 / 24
Course supervisor:Inta Bula-Biteniece
Study type:Full time
Course level:First level
Target audience:Pedagogy; Sports Trainer
Language:Latvian
Branch of science:Sports Science

Objective

To promote the education of a qualified and creative teacher by promoting a link between theoretical knowledge and practical activity, fostering the development of professional competence. To enable the future sports and health teacher to develop competences for professional activities, skills and ability to work with pre-school age children. To promote innovative forms of education and upbringing by implementing transversal skills, health and securability in the pedagogical process of civic education. 

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, Inclusive and Special Sports Education, Health Promoting Physical Activities, General and Physical Activity Biochemistry, General and Age-Specific Physiology, Movement Games, Outdoor Activities: Content and Methodology of Moving with Sports Equipment, Social-Emotional Learning, Legal Aspects of Pedagogical Process, Innovative Information Communication Technologies and Methods in Sport Pedagogy, Professional Communication and Terminology (English, German, Russian), Pre-School Sport Paedagogy and/or Sport in Multicultural Environment and Olympic Education, History of Sport, Philosophy of Sport, Professional Ethics, Sports Medicine, Sports Physiology, Theory of Sport.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

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.

Skills

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 a sports and health teacher.

Competence

8. Plans and implements practically meaningful sports and health classes in line with the regulatory framework.
9. Builds a physically and emotionally safe developing and inclusive environment.
10. Offers various tasks in sports and health classes in line with children’s fitness and health.
11. Encourages children to think and give them opportunity to plan, monitor and assess their learning process.
12. Defines the limits for learning of movements, provides effective feedback individually to each child. Creates performance parameters and criteria for each child individually.
13. Develops personal professional skills and competences by working with colleagues and the administration to support children’s learning.

Study course planning

Planning period:Year 2025, Spring semester
Study programmeStudy semesterProgram levelStudy course categoryLecturersSchedule
Sports and education specialist (preschool sports teacher), PSS 4First levelRequired