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Assessing and developing health fitness (5 cr)

Code: LI00EE63-3001

General information


Enrollment

14.12.2020 - 14.01.2021

Timing

01.01.2021 - 31.05.2021

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Department of Sports and Rehabilitation

Campus

Savonlinna Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Physical Education

Teachers

  • Tiina Aho

Teacher in charge

Jouni Korhonen

Groups

  • LISA20SP
    Physical Education, full-time studies

Objective

You are able to define the concept of health fitness and know how it is assessed and tested.
You can plan situations for assessing and testing clients' health fitness by paying attention to ethical and confidentiality factors.
You are able to plan evidence-based physical exercises to develop health fitness.

Content

How are health fitness and its different components defined?
How is health fitness assessed and tested?
How do you choose customised tests for measuring clients' health fitness?
How do you assess individuals' health fitness reliably and in a repeat manner?
What responsibilities and ethical principles relate to testing?
How is health fitness (endurance, strength, motor control and mobility) developed through physical exercise?

Evaluation scale

1-5