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
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LISA20SPPhysical 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