Applied Methods: Individual Activities and Games

Curriculum guideline

Effective Date:
Course
Discontinued
No
Course code
SPSC 1322
Descriptive
Applied Methods: Individual Activities and Games
Department
Sport Science
Faculty
Science and Technology
Credits
3.00
Start date
End term
Not Specified
PLAR
No
Semester length
15 weeks
Max class size
30
Course designation
None
Industry designation
None
Contact hours

Lecture: 1 hour/week

and

Field Experience: 3 hours/week

 

Method(s) of instruction
Lecture
Field Experience
Learning activities

Class time will be used for lectures, peer discussion, peer teaching, guided exploration, practical application, and group work. Field trip examples include access to aquatic centres, curling rinks, outdoor disc golf spaces, outdoor track and field spaces, etc.    

Course description
Using personalized systems of instruction and inquiry-based teaching practices, students explore how to couple motivational teaching practices with physical competence development across a mixture of individual activities and games. Event sports (track and field), mat-related, gym-related, and water-based activities combine to provide a broad range of activities to apply transferable concepts of qualitative biomechanics and physical literacy development. Field trips are a required part of this course and take place during class time. The course is open to students of all physical abilities.
Course content
  • Inquiry-based pedagogical content
    • Model overview
    • Model components (questioning, gathering, analyzing, evaluating, communicating, reflecting)
  • Personalized System of Instruction
    • Model overview
    • Model components (self-paced, mastery-based, task presentation, proctors, demonstration methods)
  • Qualitative biomechanical analysis
    • Phases of skill (movement)
    • Video analysis
    • Error detection and correction
  • Biomechanical concepts
    • Maximum velocity
    • Linear motion
    • Angular motion
    • Summation of forces
    • Action/reaction
    • Impulse
    • Moment of inertia
    • Conservation of angular momentum
  • Physical literacy and dynamic systems consideration in individual activities and games
    • Individual dimensions (affective, cognitive, psychomotor, behavioural)
    • Task complexity and structure
    • Environmental considerations
  • Culturally relevant activities based on individual sports and games
    • Historical
    • Place-based
  • Activities will include the following broad categories
    • Mat-based (combative sports)
    • Judo
    • Wrestling
  • Stadium events (track and field)
    • Running events
    • Jumping events
    • Throwing events
  • Water environment
    • Water safety
    • Swimming events
    • Water polo
  • Other individual activities and games
    • Skateboarding
    • Carnival events
    • Circus
    • Cycling
    • Individual racket
    • Parkour
    • Scooters
    • Disc golf
Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

  • Apply pedagogical content knowledge (teaching ability) using the six components of inquiry-based learning: the ability to formulate questions; to gather and organize; to interpret and analyze; to evaluate and draw conclusions; to communicate and reflect; and to apply knowledge;
  • Apply pedagogical content knowledge (teaching ability) using the major components of the Personalized System of Instruction: self-paced learning, mastery­-based learning, content presentation, proctors, and demonstration methods;
  • Analyze movement patterns and contextualized skills to inform teaching/coaching progression;
  • Apply qualitative biomechanical principles to the analysis of movement;
  • Apply the principles of physical literacy via reflective analysis to personal involvement in a variety of individual sports and games. 
Means of assessment

Assessment will be in accordance with the Douglas College Evaluation Policy. The instructor will present a written course outline with specific evaluation criteria at the beginning of the semester. Evaluation will be based on the following:

Instructional resource manual 0-25%
Peer teaching 10-30%
Sport movement analysis project 10-30%
Physical literacy critical reflection journal 0-20%
Quizzes and assignments 0-20%
Participation 10-30%
Total 100%

This is a letter-graded course.

Textbook materials

Consult the Douglas College Bookstore for the latest required textbooks and materials. Example textbooks may include:

Sport for Life, Understanding Physical Literacy: A Canadian Perspective (current edition).

 

Prerequisites

None

Corequisites

None

Equivalencies

None