Guidance of Physical Activity (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

Pass/Fail

Content scheduling

Tasks order:
Instructing exercises for your own group in face-to-face teaching classes twice: plan, implementation and peer evaluation
Instructing exercises for kindergarten children twice: initial survey of the group, Instructing plans and implementation of Instructing sessions
Instructing exercises for working-age people twice: initial survey of the group, Instructing plans and implementation of guidance lessons, video recording of Instructing and return of videos to Moodle
Break exercise Instructing throughout the study period.

Objective

Aim of the course

The aim of the course is learning to plan safe and goal-oriented physical activity for children and working-age people and guide them in it as well as to examine a mode of guidance that comes naturally to you.

Course competences:

Professional and interprofessional action
Professional communication
Learning to learn

Intended learning outcome of the course:

You know how to work in a customer-centric manner and promote the health and well-being of individuals and groups, stressing the importance of physical activity and exercise.
You can establish a reciprocal and participatory interactive relationship, taking the client's needs into account.
You know how to communicate clearly, precisely and comprehensibly in guidance situations.
You can assess and develop your competence in physical activity guidance skills.

Content

The key content of the course comprises the principles of safe and goal-oriented guidance of physical activity for children and working-age people and the structure of a physical activity session. Children's physical activity contains age-appropriate games, a motor skills activity course and outdoor exercise. Physical activity for working-age people contains the significance of core muscles and mastering correct motion paths when guiding muscle tone exercises, the principles of warm-ups and cool-downs, and guidance to music. The course includes guidance sessions for children and working-age people as well as guiding exercise breaks at work.

Location and time

The classroom lessons are held in the Rajakatu campus gym.
Instruction sessions for children are held in kindergartens, and instruction sessions for working-age persons are held in non-school settings. The student chooses the groups to be supervised and the places of activity.

Materials

Will be announced at the beginning of the study period and in Moodle

Teaching methods

In face-to-face lessons on campus, we practice the basic skills of instructing children and people of working age in exercise, and learn about the principles of safe and goal-oriented exercise instructing. You learn basic skills through functional theory and practical exercises, and by instructing two short exercises for your own study group. You prepare well in advance for exercises and make a written plan. After the instructing, you will participate in a constructive peer feedback discussion.

You will lead physical education sessions for real groups of children and working-age people and you will deepen your own instructing skills and natural and professional contact with the group. You can carry out instructing for genuine customer groups alone or with a partner. You primarily acquire the customers to be instructing by yourself. You prepare for instructing sessions by making initial surveys of the groups to be instructed and goal-oriented training plans.

You video an approximately 15-minute compilation of instructing sessions for people of working age, and based on that, you get feedback from the teacher before the next instructing session.

You do a self-assessment of your own instructing skills at the end of the instructings. In the evaluation, you reflect on how you have developed as a supervisor during the study period, you identify your own strengths and possible areas for development.

In the final webinar, you will discuss your learning experiences and share the acquired knowledge to my classmates. Participating in the webinar requires a working camera and microphone.

Employer connections

Children's instruction sessions are implemented in kindergartens. Break exercises are implemented for the staff of the University of Applied Sciences. You can control the exercise Children's exercise guidance sessions are implemented in kindergartens. You can instruct the sessions for working-age people at your workplace.

Exam schedules

The tasks are evenly distributed throughout the study period and a more detailed schedule is announced in Moodle at the beginning of the study period.
There are no exams in the course.

Completion alternatives

The course has no alternative methods of completion

Student workload

Contact teaching 54 hours
Preparation, implementation and self-evaluation for exercises 81 hours

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

You understand the elements of a safe and goal-oriented exercise session. You know how to draw on the principles of guiding physical activity to plan and deliver physical activity sessions for children and working-age people. You are aware of your posture and motion paths when guiding muscle tone exercises and know how to use music to support guidance. You interact naturally with your clients. You identify the strengths and development areas of your guidance competence.

Further information

The evaluation is pass-fail. The evaluation of the approved performance is based on the competence skills demonstrated in the instructing exercises.