Competencies and objectives

 

Course context for academic year 2024-25

In the last decade there has been an increase in the practice of sports in nature, as well as the popularly called "adventure sports".

This popularity and expansion of sports in the natural environment, has favoured the grown of a market focused on this type of clients who are looking for a different way to enjoy their free time.

Therefore, active tourism has now become a new opportunity for Graduates in Physical Activity and Sports Sciences, the training of these sports professionals has become essential to be able to develop their professional activity in this field.

At the same time, the adaptation of sports in nature to different populations and ages is necessary to interact with the environment for its protection and sustainable development.

The subject of Physical Activity in the Natural Environment has a teaching load of 6 ECTS credits equivalent to 150 hours of student work. It will be taught during the second semester of the second year of the degree as a compulsory subject.

 

 

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.
  • CG3.1 : Capacity to design, apply and evaluate high-quality processes, programs and projects in the fields of teaching, training and the promotion of health and recreational sport
  • CG3.2 : Awareness and recognition of diversity and multiculturalism in the fields of teaching and learning, training and the promotion of health and recreation.
  • CG5.1 : Commitment to the values of equity with respect to gender issues, diversity and democracy in the practice of physical activity and sport.

 

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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • AC5.1 : Analyse, diagnose and evaluate the elements, structure, situation and characteristics of all types of physical activity and sport organisations as well as the legislative and legal elements linked to physical activity and sport.
  • AC5.2 : Identificar, organitzar, dirigir, planificar, coordinar, implementar, i realitzar avaluació tecnicocientífica dels diversos tipus d'activitats físiques i esportives adaptades al desenvolupament, característiques i necessitats dels individus i la tipologia de l'activitat, espai i entitat, en tots els tipus de serveis d'activitat física i esport, inclosos esdeveniments esportius, i en qualsevol mena d'organització, població, context, entorn i població i amb èmfasi en les poblacions de caràcter especial com són: persones majors (tercera edat), escolars, persones amb discapacitat i persones amb patologies, problemes de salut o assimilats (diagnosticades i/o prescrites per un metge) i en qualsevol sector d'intervenció professional d'activitat física i esport (ensenyament formal i informal fisicoesportiva; entrenament físic i esportiu; exercici físic per a la salut; direcció d'activitat física i esport) garantint la seguretat, eficiència i professionalitat en l'activitat exercida en el compl
  • AC5.3 : Identify, organise, direct, plan, coordinate, implement and assess the professional performance of human resources, with emphasis on the management, coordination, planning, supervision and technical-scientific assessment of the activity, performance and provision of services by physical activity and sport professionals, in all types of services and in any type of organisation, context, environment and with emphasis on special populations and in any sector of professional intervention in physical activity and sport, guaranteeing safety, efficiency and professionalism in the activity performed in compliance with the regulations in force.
  • AC5.4 : Identify, organise, direct, plan, coordinate, implement and carry out technical-scientific evaluation of organisational resources and material resources and sport facilities, including their basic and functional design as well as adequate selection and use, for each type of activity, with the aim of achieving safe, efficient and healthy physical and sport activities, adapted to the development, characteristics and needs of individuals and the typology of the activity, space and entity in any type of organisation, population, context and in any sector of professional intervention in physical activity and sport, with emphasis on special populations and guaranteeing safety, efficiency and professionalism in the activity carried out in compliance with the regulations in force.
  • AC6.1 : Know and understand the bases of the methodology of scientific work.
  • 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)

  • Know, develop and promote physical-recreational activities in the natural environment.
  • Assimilate, interpret and plan the teaching and learning processes of physical-recreational activities in the natural environment.
  • Apply and adapt knowledge of physical-recreational activities in the natural environment in different contexts.

 

 

Specific objectives stated by the academic staff for academic year 2024-25

  • To know and manipulate the specific materials used in the development of activities in nature.
  • To know and experience the initiation and improvement techniques of the sports scale.
  • To know and experience the sport of orienteering.
  • To know and experience the sport of mountain biking.
  • To know and apply rope techniques.
  • To know the safety protocols for activities carried out in the natural environment.
  • To experiment and design activities in different sports disciplines such as; mountain races, Nordic walking or raids.
  • To know and experience animation and recreational activities in a natural environment.

 

 

General

Code: 16617
Lecturer responsible:
Rodríguez Sirvent, José Antonio
Credits ECTS: 6,00
Theoretical credits: 0,60
Practical credits: 1,80
Distance-base hours: 3,60

Departments involved

  • Dept: GENERAL DIDACTICS AND SPECIFIC DIDACTICS
    Area: PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT
    Theoretical credits: 0,6
    Practical credits: 1,8
    This Dept. is responsible for the course.
    This Dept. is responsible for the final mark record.

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