The objective of the course is to help students use both qualitative and quantitative Procedures to analyse human movement in activities of daily living and in specialised skills in exercise and sport. Psychological factors affecting sport will also be discussed.
Students are taken through the process of identifying health needs of children from pre-school through the teen ages. The course helps students to identify different health needs of students using the broad wellness approach. Health needs will be assessed through the physical, social, emotional, psychological, mental, spiritual and environmental dimensions.
The course is an examination of the interrelation between nutrition and health. The course will discuss both macro and micro nutrients, effects of their deficiency or excess, and ways to prevent or correct such problems. Issues will be related to different age groups, occupations, geographic locations, etc.
This course examines the concept of sport from historical and cultural perspectives. It examines the role of sports in different societies as well as specific major sport events such as school,
African, and Olympic Games.
Administrative tasks involving office management as well as preparing the financial budget and supervising expenditures, scheduling contests, purchasing and maintaining equipment etc. Organization will cover competitions, rules and regulations, scheduling, league and tournament methods national competitions and festivals.
Sources of financing P.E. and Sport, i.e government, indirect solicitation, direct solicitation, interest income, sponsorship, and licensing, will be explored. General principles of marketing and their application to sports will be discussed.
The course examines the major theories of curriculum planning, implementation and evaluation, Political, economic, philosophical and sociological implication in curriculum development are examined. Practical examination of curricula and curricular issues from pre-school to university level are discussed. The course considers traditional and contemporary methods of instruction. Emphasis is placed onthe development of interactive learning strategies. A variety of methods of evaluating student learning are presented.
This course examines the concept of sports from historical and cultural perspectives. It examines the role of sports in different societies as well as specific major sport events such as school, African, and Olympic Games.
In this course the student will study how the internal and external forces acting on the human body influence the outcome of performance of motor skills or in human motion. It will cover such basic concepts as forms of motion, linear and angular kinematics, linear and angular kinetics.
The course will involve meaning of organisational climate and its effect on Motivation and performance and how climate is developed. Organisational behaviour systems and models will be discussed. Management functions and the interplay between organisation and management will receive attention. Management styles used in organising physical education and sports programmes in schools will also be looked at.
