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About Study Course

Department: Latvian Academy of Sport Education (LASE)
Credit points / ECTS:10 / 15
Course supervisor:Inta Bula-Biteniece
Study type:Part time
Course level:Bachelor
Target audience:Sports Trainer; Pedagogy
Language:Latvian
Branch of science:Sports Science

Objective

To enable the future sports teacher to improve competences for professional activities and the ability to work with children of different ages and gender, physical development and health condition. Able to purposefully advance the development of pupils’ competences in accordance with pupil’s individual development, learning, personality and social growth needs. To develop the ability to find one’s way and adopt decisions in non-standard conditions and situations.

Prerequisites

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, Business and Accounting, 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, Leading Class Work, Single Player Movement Games and Physical Activities, Sport Medicine, Professional Communication and Terminology I (English, German), Professional Communication and Terminology II (English, German), Professional Ethics, Teacher’s Placement I, II, III.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

1. To demonstrate comprehensive and sport-specific knowledge of basic and specialised facts, theories, patterns of transversal skills to be purposefully developed by offering to learn respective strategies, act in harmony with colleagues.

Skills

2. Plans the study process that focuses on learning outcomes of pupils and fits into the general school programme.
3. Purposefully and effectively uses available placement time, encourage each pupil to think, do themselves, organise the learning process so that pupils receive support from the teacher and from each other.
4. Takes care that pupils critically assess different information, make informed decisions, cooperate effectively, taking into account their own needs and those of others.
5. Formulates clear learning outcomes and appropriate criteria for assessment of pupils’ performance.

Competence

6. Systematically plans and implements personal professional growth, seeks support, time and learning material to continue to improve further.

Study course planning

Planning period:Year 2024, Autumn semester
Study programmeStudy semesterProgram levelStudy course categoryLecturersSchedule
Health, physical activity and security (sports, health and national defense teacher), VASN 7Bachelor’sRequired
Health, physical activity and security (sports, health and national defense teacher), VASN 9Bachelor’sRequired
Health, physical activity and security (sports, health and national defense teacher), VASNz 8Bachelor’sRequired
Planning period:Year 2025, Spring semester
Study programmeStudy semesterProgram levelStudy course categoryLecturersSchedule
Health, physical activity and security (sports, health and national defense teacher), VASN 8Bachelor’sRequired
Health, physical activity and security (sports, health and national defense teacher), VASN 10Bachelor’sRequired
Health, physical activity and security (sports, health and national defense teacher), VASNz 7Bachelor’sRequired
Health, physical activity and security (sports, health and national defense teacher), VASNz 9Bachelor’sRequired