Forms of Exercise for Wellbeing (5cr)

Objective

The students are able to identify occupational well-being and capability work as a part of well-being tourism. Students will know how different forms of well-being exercise are practiced and its impacts and special features. They will be able to apply different forms of exercise and sports in the promotion of a person's holistic well-being while understanding their therapeutic significance. They will be able to plan, implement and instruct low threshold well-being sports. Students will know how to guide and instruct customers in the use of Finnish technology as part of well-being services.

Content

Occupational well-being and capability tourism
Well-being sports practice, impacts and special features (e.g. deep gym and stretching, yoga, chiball, relaxation techniques, therapeutic dance, Asahi, kettle bell, dance for seniors).
The therapeutic significance of well-being sports and treatments
Sports technology as part of well-being services

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent 5
The students are able to use forms of well-being exercise and sports extensively with expertise in professional situations and as a part of occupational well-being and capability maintenance work. They are able to analyze, compare and use them with different target groups. They apply what they have learned with previously acquired knowledge with an innovative approach to sports technology and current trends in forms of well-being exercise and sports. They know how to combine and select information and can present and justify alternative procedures. They have mastered a customer-oriented way of working and can choose the right methods and drills suited to different levels of competence taking into account overall objectives. They are able to work independently, responsibly and with a positive attitude towards learning.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Good 3-4
The students are able to define how occupational well-being and capability maintenance work is linked to well-being tourism. The students have mastered the basic practical techniques of a well-being sport or activity. They are able to give reasons for the impacts of (practicing) well-being activities and forms of treatment that produce well-being. They are able to combine new knowledge with previous knowledge. The students are able to assess their owe competence and can supplement it systematically with specific objectives in mind. They work naturally in customer service situations and as team members. They use a professional approach when instructing others.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Satisfactory 1-2
The students are able to recognize the central elements of occupational well-being and capability maintenance work in well being tourism. The students are able to name and describe several well-being exercise types and sports and the effects of practicing such sports. They recognize forms of treatment that produce well-being. They are able to search for information on forms of well-being exercise and sports and opportunities for practicing such sports. They know how to make apt choices when implementing/instructing such well-being activities, though some uncertainty may be apparent. The students strive to work in a customer-oriented manner.

Further information

1-3 credits of RDI studies are accomplished in this course.