Movement in Learning

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Portrait: Movement in Learning

Du bist Lehramtsstudent*in oder in einem anderen Bereich der Kindererziehung tätig und willst Bewegung und Lernen in deinen Unterricht integrieren?

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Focus

Movement, play, and sports are essential for the physical, motor, emotional, psychosocial, and cognitive development of children. Children have a so-called “natural urge to move,” which is attributed to the predominance of central nervous excitation processes. However, this urge to move is significantly restricted today by technological developments, media consumption, and urbanization, and is influenced by family role models and peer groups (Graf C. et al., Deutsche Zeitschrift für Sportmedizin, 2006). Lack of movement often leads to psychosomatic complaints, obesity, and cardiovascular diseases. The supplementary study “Active Learning” aims to set an important focus in teacher education. The topic “Movement – Learning Promotion – Health” should be centrally integrated into everyday school life by future teachers, who serve as multipliers.

Goals

Students of the supplementary study “Active Learning” …

• … acquire the competence to integrate the topic of “movement” qualitatively, effectively, health-promoting, and socially into everyday school life.
• … are trained to lead active lessons, active breaks, and movement activities in after-school care.
• … understand the learning-promoting effects of movement and can integrate appropriate learning-promoting exercises into subject-specific teaching.
• … learn about movement activities to promote language acquisition.
• … learn about creative and artistic movement activities.
• … understand the theoretical background of nutrition and lifestyle.
• … learn how to offer movement activities that promote health for students.
• … understand the importance of movement as a preventive measure against violence.
• … understand the social impact of movement in the context of inclusion.
• … acquire the competence to assist in school events related to movement and health.
• … acquire the competence to participate as a supervising teacher in summer and winter school sports weeks (optional: supervising ski instructor, swim assistant certificate, first aid training).

Target Group

The supplementary study “Active Learning” is primarily designed for teaching students but can generally be attended by all students.

Structure & Requirements

Basic Module (12 ECTS)

For the Basic Module, courses totaling 12 ECTS points must be completed from the following areas:

• • Fundamentals of “Movement in Everyday School Life” (3 ECTS)
  • Movement and Learning Promotion (3 ECTS)
  • Movement in Subject Teaching, e.g., language acquisition, design, nutrition/lifestyle, natural sciences (4 ECTS)
  • Summer School Sports Week or Winter School Sports Week (2 ECTS)

Advanced Module (12 ECTS)

For the Advanced Module, courses totaling 12 ECTS points must be completed from the following areas:

• • Movement Offerings for Physical Education School Events (3 ECTS)
  • Movement & Mental/Physical Health (2 ECTS)
  • Movement & Violence Prevention (2 ECTS)
  • Movement & Inclusion (3 ECTS):
    • Barrier-free School Sports
    • Intercultural Competence
  • The school sports week (summer/winter) not yet completed in the Basic Module (2 ECTS)

Course Registration

The courses in the supplementary study are subject to fees. All information about course registration can be found on the USI-Website.

Certificate

After successfully completing the above-mentioned courses, the following certificates can be requested:

• Basic Module Movement in Learning. This will be issued after successful completion of the Basic Module amounting to 12 ECTS points.
• Supplementary Studies Movement in Learning. This will be issued after successful completion of the Basic and Advanced Modules totaling 24 ECTS points.

IMPORTANT: It is possible to include supplementary studies and specializations in the Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Diploma examination certificate (naming of free electives). Regulations can be found in your curriculum, or you may need to reach an agreement with the chair of your curriculum committee beforehand.

Requesting a Certificate

Once you have completed the required courses, submit the completed exam pass and the corresponding certificates to Dr. Peter Scheiber (). After verifying the documents, the certificate will be issued on behalf of the Vice-Rectorate for Education and Student Experience and will be sent digitally to your university email address.

Eine Ausstellung des Zertifikats ist nach Studienabschluss nicht mehr möglich. Bitte achten Sie daher darauf, das Zertifikat spätestens einige Wochen vor Studienabschluss zu beantragen.

Issuing the certificate is no longer possible after graduation. Therefore, please make sure to apply for the certificate at least a few weeks before graduation.

Download Exam Pass

• Exam Pass Basic Module Movement in Learning (12 ECTS)
• Exam Pass Supplementary Studies Movement in Learning (24 ECTS)

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Dr. Peter Scheiber
Universitätssportinstitut (USI)

FB Sport- und Bewegungswissenschaft
Hartmannweg 4, 5400 Hallein-Rif

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