The course provides opportunity for students to acquire basic theoretical and practical experience in curriculum planning, implementing, and evaluation in Health, Physical Education and Leisure. The course also exposes students to the processes of curriculum change.
The course covers general methods and principles of accident and injury prevention, evaluation, management and rehabilitation of common sports injuries. It also equips students with basic life supports skills transporting casualties and performing Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR). The course also provides students with opportunities to acquire basic skills of First Aid upon which they are certified as FIRST AIDERS.
This is an integrated course involving the science of motion of humans, the effects of extraneous variables on human motion and performance. The anatomic and physiologic fundamentals of human motion for example the skeletal framework and its movements, musculoskeletal system and neuromuscular basis of human movement will be covered. The effect of extraneous variables on human motion and performance, the application of the principles of mechanics to the problems of teaching physical education skills and activities of daily life will be covered.
The course introduces the prospective teacher to the field of special education. Areas to be examined include characteristics of persons with special educational needs,
etiological factors as well as management strategies.
The course introduces students to the nature of statistics with a description of variable, scales of measurement and the differences between descriptive and inferential statistics. Data representation is treated with emphasis on frequency distributions, histograms, polygons, gives, bars, and pie charts as well as box and whisker plots. The nature and role of the measures of location, variability and relative position are explained. Students are introduced to the concept of probability with emphasis on the addition and multiplication roles and the nature, properties and applications of the normal distribution. Measures of relations and correlation are explained and their roles in education are discussed. Basic ideas about statistical inference (sampling distributions) are treated leading to an introduction to hypothesis testing. Statistical tools such as regression analysis, chi-square, Mann-Whitney test, Wilcoxon signed rank test. One-way analysis and the Kruskall-Wallis test are mentioned briefly with emphasis on I icy can be used.
Critical thinking includes, but not limited to, variety of deliberative processes aimed at making wise decisions about what to believe and do, processes that centre on evaluation of arguments, among others. The course will integrate logic, both formal and informal, with a variety of skills and topics useful in making sound decisions about claims, actions, and practices and to make it all palatable by presenting it in real-life contexts. This course is interactive and conversational in tone and aim at helping students to appreciate how to use the tools in logic in arriving at most cogent conclusions given different issues of life.
The fundamental skills of gymnastics and dance form the core of this course. The course introduces students to basic gymnastics skills with concentration on floor events, vaults with and without apparatus. Students are also introduced to the fundamentals of traditional, social and freestyle dance activities that can be used as exercise and recreation. It also covers basic skills in organizing and teaching dance as exercise and recreation.
The course introduces students to theory and fundamentals of sprints, middle and long distance races and jumping events. The course will concentrate on the rules, officiating, practice and teaching of track and jumping events: sprinting, relay racing, middle and long distance races and jumps. The course also equips students with basic skills in Kids Athletics
The scientific basis of physical education embracing the skeletal, muscular, respiratory, circulatory, and digestive and nervous systems would be covered in this course. The structure, functions and the physiological processes of the muscles, bones, and nerves are examined from a basic standpoint and as related to physical education. The course is a prerequisite for EPH 241.
This combined course aims at introducing basic skills in Basketball and Table Tennis. It is intended to equip students with the skills and capabilities needed to improve their personal skills, teach the game to beginners, coach middle class players, officiate and organize tournaments. It also introduces students to individual and group tactics and techniques involved in the games of Basketball and Table Tennis. The course extends to cover such areas as rules, officiating, coaching principles, and organizational methods involved in these games. Students will be afforded the opportunity to teach and coach these games during the course.
