Physical activity in health promotion (5 cr)
Code: LI00EE68-3002
General information
Enrollment
12.04.2021 - 25.04.2021
Timing
01.09.2021 - 31.12.2021
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
RDI portion
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
Outi Pyöriä
Groups
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LISA21KPPhysical Education, full-time studies
Objective
You can define health-promoting physical activity and its different types.
You understand how physical inactivity and activity affect health and know the recommendations of health-promoting physical activity that guide physical education instructors' work.
You can plan health-promoting, goal-oriented physical exercises in a client-centred way.
Content
What is meant by health-promoting and applied physical activity and adapted physical education?
How do physical inactivity and activity affect health?
What are the national recommendations for health-promoting physical activity?
How do the frequency and instruction of health-promoting physical exercise account for the special features and needs of different clients and client groups?
What do motivation levels mean and how are they accounted for in clients' physical exercise instruction?
Evaluation scale
1-5