Objectives and competences

Objectives: • To acquaint students for conducting research in motor/sport activities and children's behaviour in natural environment; • To acquaint students with contemporary research findings; • To acquaint student with research methods and techniques of collecting information in special conditions. Competences: • Ability to conduct research in motor/sport activities and children's behaviour in natural environment; • Ability to transfer scientific work into practice.

Content (Syllabus outline)

• Research model for monitoring outdoor physical/sport activities; • Research designs and research methods for exploring effects of outdoor physical/sport activities. • Use of qualitative and quantitative techniques of data collection for conducting research of outdoor physical/sport activities. • Contemporary technology as a mean for monitoring outdoor physical/sport activities outcomes; • Advantages and distinct characteristics of outdoor physical/sport activities; • Cross-curricular correlation of physical/sport activities and nature.

Learning and teaching methods

• Lectures • Research learning • Work in project group • Work with contemporary technology

Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding

The student will know, understand and/or be able to: • Find adequate sources for contemporary expert and scientific work in the field of motor/sport behaviour in the natural environment; • Conduct interdisciplinary research in the field of motor behaviour in the natural environment; • Transfer research findings into practice.

Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes

Readings

• Škof, B. & sodelavci (2016). Šport po meri otrok in mladostnikov: pedagoški, didaktični, psiho-socialni, biološki in zdravstveni vidiki športne vadbe mladih. Ljubljana: Fakulteta za šport. • Gilbertson, K., Bates, T., McLaughlin, T. in Ewert, A. (2006). Outdoor Education - Methods and Strategies. Champaign: Human Kinetics. • Blankenship, B. T. (2017). The psychology of teaching physical education: From theory to practice. London & New York: Routledge. • Marinšek, M. & Slana, U. (2014). Smart phone as a standing balance assesment device. Science of gymnastics journal, 6(3), 39-47.

Prerequisits

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