Competencies and objectives
Course context for academic year 2024-25
The course "Teaching Intervention in Physical Activity and Sports" is a cornerstone in the training of future educators specialized in Physical Education (PE). In an increasingly demanding and constantly evolving educational context, it is crucial for educators to have a deep and updated understanding of pedagogical and methodological practices that enhance student performance and overall well-being. This course aims to equip future educators with the necessary tools to design, implement, and evaluate physical activity programs that are inclusive, equitable, and tailored to the diverse needs of students. Moreover, it targets not only prospective PE teachers but also anyone involved in the realm of sports and physical activity.
The significance of this course lies in its capacity to prepare educators to face contemporary challenges in physical education. Today, teaching physical activity and sports goes beyond merely developing motor skills. Modern physical education advocates a holistic approach that considers the emotional, social, and cognitive well-being of students. "Teaching Intervention in Physical Activity and Sports" addresses the need for meaningful physical education that promotes social interaction, inclusion, and respect for diversity. Simultaneously, it emphasizes the importance of creating motivating and adaptive learning environments where each student has the opportunity to experience success and personal progress. Additionally, the course highlights the relevance of integrating the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into the physical education curriculum. This not only fosters greater environmental and social awareness among students but also instills essential values such as responsibility, cooperation, and respect for the environment and others. Viewed through this lens, physical education becomes a powerful tool for the holistic development of students, preparing them to be not only physically active and healthy but also conscious and committed citizens of their communities and the world at large. In a world where technology plays an increasingly significant role, the course also focuses on the use of ICT-TAC resources in the educational field. Digital literacy and the ability to use emerging technologies are essential competencies for 21st-century educators. The use of digital tools, such as e-portfolios and interactive content, not only improves the quality of teaching but also makes learning more engaging and relevant for students. This prepares future educators to effectively integrate technology into their pedagogical practice, which is crucial for maintaining student interest and engagement in an increasingly digital world.
Therefore, the course "Teaching Intervention in Physical Activity and Sports" is vital for the training of educators who are not only proficient in their field but also leaders and agents of change in the educational sector. By providing a solid foundation in pedagogical theories and practices, along with advanced digital competencies, this course prepares future educators to meet the challenges of the 21st century. Students who complete this course will be equipped to foster the holistic development of their pupils, promoting a physical education that is meaningful, inclusive, and adaptive. Ultimately, this course contributes to the formation of educators who are capable of inspiring and guiding their students towards a successful and healthy future, creating a positive and lasting impact on the lives of young people.
Course competencies (verified by ANECA in official undergraduate and Master’s degrees) for academic year 2024-25
Transversal Competences
- CGUA1 : Foreign language skills.
- CGUA2 : Computer and information technology skills.
- CGUA3 : Oral and written communication skills.
General Competences
- CG1.1 : Capacity to identify, list, analyse, synthesise and apply the conceptual content determined by the subjects studied for the Sciences of Physical Activity and Sport degree.
- CG1.2 : Ability to manage information and knowledge in new and complex situations, problem solving and decision making for the development of instrumental and procedural contents of the subjects of the degree in Physical Activity and Sport Sciences.
- CG2.1 : Oral and written communication skills in the development of conceptual and procedural content with special attention to the mastery of argumentation and critical reasoning in the subjects of the degree in Physical Activity and Sport Sciences.
Specific Competences
- AC1.1 : Understand, develop and know how to apply the procedures, strategies, activities, resources, techniques and methods involved in the teaching-learning process efficiently, developing the whole course of action in all sectors of professional intervention in physical activity and sport (formal and informal physical-sports teaching; physical and sports training; physical exercise for health; management of physical activity and sport).
- AC1.2 : Design and apply the methodological process comprising observation, reflection, analysis, diagnosis, implementation, technical-scientific evaluation and/or dissemination in different contexts and in all sectors of professional intervention in physical activity and sport.
- AC1.3 : Communicate and interact appropriately and efficiently, in physical activity and sport, in diverse intervention contexts, demonstrating teaching skills in a conscious, natural and continuous way.
- AC1.4 : Adapt the educational intervention to the individual characteristics and needs of the whole population and with emphasis on special populations such as: schoolchildren, the elderly, people with reduced mobility and people with pathologies, health problems or similar (diagnosed and/or prescribed by a doctor), taking into account gender and diversity.
- AC2.1 : Knowing how to guide, design, apply and technico-scientifically assess physical exercise and physical condition at an advanced level, based on scientific evidence, in different areas, contexts and types of activities for the whole population and with emphasis on special populations such as: the elderly, schoolchildren, people with disabilities and people with pathologies, health problems or similar (diagnosed and/or prescribed by a doctor), taking into account gender and diversity.
- AC2.2 : Identify, communicate and apply scientific anatomical-physiological and biomechanical criteria at an advanced level of skills in the design, development and technical-scientific evaluation of procedures, strategies, actions, activities and appropriate guidance; to prevent, minimise and/or avoid a health risk in the practice of physical activity and sport in all types of population.
- AC2.3 : Design and apply with fluency, naturalness, consciously and continuously adequate, efficient, systematic, varied physical exercise and physical condition, based on scientific evidence, for the development of the processes of adaptation and improvement or readaptation of certain capacities of each person in relation to human movement and its optimisation; in order to be able to solve unstructured, increasingly complex and unpredictable problems and with emphasis on special populations.
- AC2.4 : Articulate and display an advanced level of skill in the analysis, design and evaluation of tests for the assessment and control of physical fitness and physical-sporting performance.
- AC2.6 : Develop an advanced level in the planning, application, control and evaluation of physical and sports training processes.
- AC3.1 : Analyse, identify, diagnose, promote, guide and evaluate strategies, actions and activities that encourage the adherence to an active lifestyle and the participation and regular and healthy practice of physical activity and sport and physical exercise in an adequate, efficient and safe way by citizens in order to improve their overall health, well-being and quality of life, with emphasis on special populations such as: elderly people (senior citizens), schoolchildren, people with disabilities and people with pathologies, health problems or similar (diagnosed and/or prescribed by a doctor), taking into account gender and diversity.
- AC3.2 : Knowing how to promote, advise, design, apply and technically-scientifically evaluate appropriate and varied physical activity, physical exercise and sport programmes, adapted to the needs, demands and individual and group characteristics of the whole population, with emphasis on the elderly, women and diversity, schoolchildren, people with disabilities and people with pathologies, health problems or similar (diagnosed and/or prescribed by a doctor).
- AC3.3 : Articulate and deploy programmes of promotion, guidance, coordination, supervision and technical-scientific evaluation of physical activity, physical exercise and sport for the entire population, with emphasis on populations of a special nature, with the presence of a professional or carried out autonomously by the citizen, in different types of spaces and in any sector of professional intervention of physical activity and sport (formal and informal physical-sports teaching; physical training and sport; physical exercise for health; physical activity and sport management) according to the possibilities and needs of citizens, with the aim of achieving their autonomy, understanding, and greater and adequate practice of physical activity and sport.
- AC3.4 : Promote education, dissemination, information and constant guidance to individuals and leaders on the benefits, significance, characteristics and positive effects of the regular practice of physical activity and sport and physical exercise, of the risks and harm of inappropriate practice and of the elements and criteria that identify its appropriate execution, as well as information, guidance and advice on the possibilities of appropriate physical activity and sport in their environment in any sector of professional intervention.
- AC3.5 : Organise the promotion of policies, strategies and educational programmes on aspects of public health, in relation to physical activity and sport (for the prevention of risk factors and diseases); as well as cooperate with other agents involved in the same: in any sector of professional intervention of physical activity and sport.
- AC4.1 : Fluently develop procedures and protocols to solve unstructured, unpredictable and increasingly complex problems, articulating and deploying a mastery of the elements, methods, processes, activities, resources and techniques that make up the basic motor skills, physical activities, sports skills, play, expressive body and dance activities, and activities in nature in an appropriate, efficient, systematic, varied and methodologically integrated way for the entire population and with emphasis on special populations such as: elderly people (senior citizens), schoolchildren, people with disabilities and people with pathologies, health problems or similar (diagnosed and/or prescribed by a doctor), taking into account gender and diversity and in any sector of professional intervention in physical activity and sport (formal and informal physical-sports teaching; physical and sports training; physical exercise for health; management of physical activity and sport).
- AC4.2 : Fluently develop procedures and protocols to solve unstructured, unpredictable and increasingly complex problems, articulating and deploying a mastery of the elements, methods, procedures, activities, resources, techniques and processes of physical fitness and physical exercise in an adequate, efficient, systematic, varied and methodologically integrated way for the whole population and with emphasis on special populations such as: elderly people, schoolchildren, people with disabilities and people with pathologies, health problems or similar (diagnosed and/or prescribed by a doctor), taking into account gender and diversity and in any sector of professional intervention in physical activity and sport.
- AC4.3 : Develop and implement the technical-scientific evaluation of the elements, methods, procedures, activities, resources and techniques that make up the manifestations of movement and the processes of physical fitness and physical exercise; taking into account the development, characteristics, needs and context of individuals, the different types of population and the spaces where physical activity and sport are carried out; in the various sectors of professional intervention and with emphasis on special populations.
- AC6.1 : Know and understand the bases of the methodology of scientific work.
- AC6.2 : Analyse, review and select the effect and effectiveness of the practice of methods, techniques and resources of research and scientific work methodology, in the resolution of problems that require the use of creative and innovative ideas.
- AC6.4 : Articulate and deploy procedures, processes, protocols, own analysis, with rigour and scientific attitude on matters of social, legal, economic, scientific or ethical nature, when necessary and relevant in any professional sector of physical activity and sport (formal and informal physical and sports education; physical and sports training; physical exercise for health; management of physical activity and sport).
- AC7.1 : Knowing and knowing how to apply ethical and deontological principles and social justice in professional performance and involvement, as well as having habits of scientific and professional rigour and a constant attitude of service to citizens in the exercise of their professional practice with the aim of improvement, excellence, quality and efficiency.
- AC7.2 : Know, develop and know how to apply the ethical-deontological, organisational structural, professional performance and regulations of the professional practice of Graduates in Physical Activity and Sport Sciences, in any professional sector of physical activity and sport (formal and informal physical and sports education; physical and sports training; physical exercise for health; management of physical activity and sport); as well as being able to develop multidisciplinary work.
- AC7.3 : Understand, know how to explain and disseminate the functions, responsibilities and importance of a good professional Graduate in Physical Activity and Sport Sciences as well as analyse, understand, identify and reflect critically and autonomously on their identity, training and professional performance to achieve the aims and benefits of physical activity and sport in an appropriate, safe, healthy and efficient way in all physical-sport services offered and provided and in any professional sector of physical activity and sport.
Learning outcomes (Training objectives)
- Ability to know, understand and analyse the conceptual frameworks of the subject.
- Know and analyse teaching behaviour in the different areas of sport and physical education professions.
- Analyse the key cognitive and emotional mechanisms in the teaching-learning process.
- Know the factors that allow for quality teaching intervention in the different professional fields of Physical Education and Sport teaching.
- To understand the principles that should guide the teaching intervention of the Physical Education and Sport teacher in order to favour student motivation.
- Apply the various types of teaching intervention in the different areas of Physical Education and Sport teaching.
- Understand the key methodological aspects in the field of physical activity and sport sciences.
- Know how to apply the principles of teaching in the preparation and design of sessions in different professional fields.
- Know how to analyse and evaluate the quality of teaching interventions according to the guidelines and principles of action.
- Be able to plan research work and bibliographic research in the field of teaching intervention.
Specific objectives stated by the academic staff for academic year 2024-25
Learning Objectives for the Course "Teaching Intervention in Physical Activity and Sports"
• Develop a comprehensive and holistic understanding of physical education, physical activity, and sports, addressing the physical, emotional, social, and cognitive aspects to ensure a complete approach to teaching and the overall well-being of students.
• Promote inclusion, equity, and social interaction in physical and sports programs and activities, designing and implementing practices adapted to the diverse abilities and needs of students, and fostering teamwork and communication skills.
• Integrate the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and advanced technological resources into physical education and sports, using ICT-TAC tools and interactive applications to improve the quality of teaching, promote environmental and social awareness, and make classes more engaging and relevant for students.
• Design physical and sports activities that maximize enjoyment, motivation, and individual progress of students, evaluating and adapting activities to individual abilities, ensuring that each student experiences personal achievement and continuous improvement in their performance.
• Apply pedagogical strategies that promote self-regulation and autonomous learning in physical activity and sports contexts, enabling students to manage their own progress and development independently and responsibly.
• Understand and apply key methodological factors and principles that enable quality teaching intervention in physical education and sports, adapting educational practices to different contexts and needs, and ensuring evidence-based teaching and best pedagogical practices.
• Analyze teaching behaviors and the cognitive and emotional mechanisms key to the teaching-learning process, using this information to design pedagogical strategies that foster meaningful learning and the overall development of students.
• Develop competencies for research and evaluation of the quality of teaching interventions in physical education and sports, undertaking research projects and bibliographic searches that contribute to the advancement of knowledge and the continuous improvement of educational practice.
General
Code:
16609
Lecturer responsible:
Baena Morales, Salvador
Credits ECTS:
6,00
Theoretical credits:
0,60
Practical credits:
1,80
Distance-base hours:
3,60
Departments involved
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Dept:
GENERAL DIDACTICS AND SPECIFIC DIDACTICS
Area: TEACHING BODY LANGUAGE
Theoretical credits: 0,6
Practical credits: 1,8
This Dept. is responsible for the course.
This Dept. is responsible for the final mark record.
Study programmes where this course is taught
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DEGREE IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND SPORTS SCIENCES
Course type: CORE (Year: 1)