Class Gymnastics (Option I - Physical Education and School Sport)

The UC Gymnastics (Option I), integrates the 3rd year of the student's formative course, in the 1st cycle of Physical Education and School Sports, in the scientific area of Physical Education and Sports. It provides essential competencies to professional performance within the educational system, and specifically within the scope of the School Sports Program, in the cultural matter related to gymnastics, in the modalities: Artistic; Trampolines; Acrobatic. Its areas of activity and domains of intervention: Knowledge, interpretation and application of gymnastics activities in the school context, with intervention in the fields of scientific, pedagogical and didactic knowledge of the activities in gymnastics; appropriation of pedagogical-professional knowledge, skills, habits and abilities, necessary to conduct the teaching and learning process.

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1. Scientific support and regulation of the activities 1.1. Organization 1.1.1. Systematization of Gymnastics Sports in School Sports 1.1.2. General and competition regulations 2. Training theory and methodology 2.1. Training principles 2.2. Planning 2.3. Physical training. Motor Capacities. Physical preparation 2.4. Technical Training. Didactic organization of learning. Pedagogical Intervention Strategies 2.5. Structuring, organization and practical conduct of classes 3. Evaluation 3.1. Codes of Points adapted to School Sports 4. Support activities, internals in the schools, exhibitions and competitions 5. Practical didactics. Teaching methodology of technical elements: pre-requisites; technique; progressions; characteristic errors; manual intervention; variants 5.1. Acrobatic gymnastics: pairs; trios 5.2. Artistic Gymnastics: floor exercise; vault; parallel bars; horizontal bar; balance beam 5.3. Trampoline Gymnastics: mini trampoline; jumps on mats

The student has the possibility of contacting the school context of teaching and learning in School Sports, through an internship that allows the application of theoretical knowledge, through: conducting the various phases of the class, planning and building exercises and sessions, follow-up to events (demonstrations, competitions). The student has the opportunity to discuss various themes in the context of the UC, through the elaboration of research papers.

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