Students develop knowledge and skill in outdoor and adventure programming, including applications for school, camp and community agencies. Several field trips are required. Emphasis is placed on producing competent performers, as well as the ability to analyze and teach the skills and applications. Introduces effective classroom management, teaching skills, and instructional models for health and physical education in grades P-12. Advanced First Aid and Emergency Care.
Students develop a working knowledge of first aid methods and techniques and accident prevention.
Students are expected to participate in water rescue and extraction problems. Topics include the processes of skilled motor performance and motor skill acquisition, human motor development from childhood through older adulthood, the influence of perceptual, cognitive, physiological, and social development on motor development. Emphasis is on the practical application of concepts to the teaching of motor skills. Focuses on alterations in body systems and organs during physical activity with emphasis on metabolic, cardiorespiratory and body composition parameters. Laboratory experiences employing physiological principles during active participation in exercise are also included.