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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
FTR 5081	SPORTS AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN CHILDREN	ELECTIVE	2	2	0	6

Offered By

Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SEMA SAVCI

Offered to

Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation

Course Objective

The aim of this lecture is to emphasize the importance of physical activity and sport in early ages, and knowledge and experience about physical fitness, physical activity and sport in different ages.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Knows the development of physical fitness in different ages.
2	Knows the development of physical fitness in childhood
3	Knows and applies about physical activity and sports approaches in different ages
4	Can prepare and applies exercise prescription for children.
5	Knows evidence-based approaches.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Child, physical activity and sport
2	The benefits of sports and physical activity in children
3	The evaluations of exercise capacity in children
4	The evaluations of physical activity level in children
5	The evaluations of sport and body compliance in different ages
6	The relationship between sport and somatotype, growth and development, and motor performance in children and adolescence
7	The functional outcomes after sport activity in children and adolescence
8	Sport injuries and prevention in children and adolescence
9	The familiy effects on sport activities in children and adolescence
10	Games and sports in children
11	Sport and physical activity in obese children
12	Sport and physical activity in chronically physical disabled child and adolescence
13	Sport and physical activity in chronically mentally disabled child and adolescence
14	Sport and physical activity in childhood hypokinetic diseases
15	Review

Recomended or Required Reading

Abeahams S. Sport injuries in children and adolescents. An essential guide for diagnosis treatment and management. Xlibris LLC, 2013.
Karantanas AH. Sports injuries in children and adolescents. Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York. 2011.
Huphrey JH. Child development through sports. The Haworth Press, 2003.
Beaulieu NP. Physical activity and children: new research. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., New York, 2008.
Tomporowski PD, McCullick BA, Pesce C. Childrens cognition with physical activity games. Human Kinetics, USA, 2015.
Pica R. Physical education for young children. Movement ABCs fort he little ones. Human Kinetics, USA, 2008.
Brewer H, Jalongo MR. Physical activity and health promotion in the early years. Effectives strategies for early childhood educators. Springer International Publishing AG, 2018.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Face-to face.,

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	PRF	PERFORMANCE
2	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	PRF

*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Tülay Tarsuslu Şimşek, Proff.
24923

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Clinical Practice	14	2	28
Lectures	14	2	28
Preparing presentations	14	3	42
Design Project	1	8	8
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	14	3	42
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			148

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7
LO.1	5				4
LO.2		5	5		4
LO.3				5	4
LO.4				5	4
LO.5	5				4

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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