Course Description

Working with orienteering, games, ball-based activities and subject didactics will ensure variation between the development of personal skills, theoretical understanding, practice teaching and didactic reflection.

The students will pursue the learning objectives by:

• Considering the similarities and differences between the various activities, and the values offered by the mediation of sports in the school subject Physical Education.
• Demonstrating skills and the ability to provide guidance in the chosen activities
• Creating a plan to teach the same skills
• Developing variations in the games and training methods, based on insights gained though working with the various activities
• Creating alternative sports-related and practical activities through experimentation and cooperation with others
• Gaining experience with, and an understanding of, the use of different learning arenas such as the natural environment and gymnasiums when working with sports-related and practical activities
• Developing an ability to discuss sports and practical activities from a historical perspective, in relation to Norwegian cultural and educational traditions.

Assessment Methods

The course is assessed with a letter grade which is based on the following elements:

• An individual assessment based on the student's participation in the individual activities. This assessment is based on the student's personal skills, effort, progress and understanding of the individual activities.
• An individual coursework journal in which the various aspects of the course will be discussed and assessed.

Minor adjustments may occur during the academic year, subject to the decision of the Dean