| CODE | PHE1114 | ||||||
| TITLE | Outdoor Activities, Team Building and Innovative Games | ||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||
| MQF LEVEL | Not Applicable | ||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Institute for Physical Education and Sport | ||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The application of various skills in coaching outdoor and team building activities are exposed to the students. The study-unit will run through a number of theoretical lectures together with a residential camp, where the students will participate in specific outdoor activities including orienteering and trekking. Students will also learn about the use of team building activities to develop leadership, communication and social skills, together with ways of motivating participants through the use of innovative games such as ultimate and intercrosse. Study-unit Aims: The study-unit aims at equipping the participants with the skills needed to plan, prepare and conduct an outdoor adventure activity and to deliver a programme of team building activities and innovative games. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - fully comprehend the values of outdoor adventure activities; - identify appropriate places for outdoor activities; - identify risks related to outdoor activities; - establish the objectives of team building activities. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - reflect upon personal experiences before, during and after the activity; - critically engage in the subject; - design and conduct outdoor activities; - organise and deliver team building activities; - build team strength and unity; - teach innovative games. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Midura W.D. & Glover, R.D. (2000). Essentials of Team Building: Principles and Practices. Champaign IL: Human Kinetics. - Baccarini, M. & Booth, T. (2008). Essentials Ultimate: Teaching, Coaching, Playing. Champaign IL: Human Kinetics. - Bunting, CJ. (2006) Interdisciplinary Teaching Through Outdoor Education. Leeds. Human Kinetics. - Prouty, D. Panicucci, J. & Collinson, R. (2007) Adventure Education. Theory and Applications. Leeds. Human Kinetics. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Fieldwork | ||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Johann Bellizzi Andrew Decelis (Co-ord.) |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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