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Learning to Move in Water in Physical Education

This module builds the basics to teach in the domain/area ‘moving in water’ in any curriculum in primary education. It focuses on the development of the competence of primary education teachers to teach primary students of different ages. A focus will lie on age – appropriateness, situation-appropriateness, safety as well as physical, mental and social well-being of pupils in a swimming lesson as principles of teaching to move in water and/or swimming.

Suggested Number of ECTs

1

Total Workload  - 26 hours

Lecture - 2 hours

Seminar/Workshop/Tutorial - 8 hours

Independent Work  - 16 hours

TEACHING METHODOLOGIES

Face-to-face lecture; Self-directed group work (swimming-pool)

FACILITES INDOORS AND/OR OUTDOOR

Lecture or seminar room

Swimming pool

Dimensions Core

D1K1, D1C1
D2S1, D2S2, D2S3

Dimensions Extended

D2K3

INDICATIVE CONTENT

Become familiar with the water

• slide in the water

• swim in the water

• move under water

• jump into the water

• play in the water

MODULE LEARNING OUTCOMES

  • LO1: Organize age-appropriate swimming lessons (getting used to water and learning to swim) considering safety aspects (behaviour in the swimming pool and in the water, swimming rules;
  • LO2: Understand and apply the basics of lifeguarding;
  • LO3: Plan, carry out and reflect on activities any domain/area on the topic of ‘moving in water’ of a primary school curriculum in an age-appropriate, situation-appropriate and movement – appropriate manner. 
  1. Kuhn, P. (2009). Kindgemäße Bewegungserziehung. Bad Heilbrunn: Verlag Julius Klinkhardt.
  2. LASPO (2010). Schwimmen unterrichten: Grundwissen und Praxisbausteine. Donauwörth: Auer.
  3.  Ministère de l’Education nationale, de l’Enfance et de la Jeunesse (2017). Plan d’études école fondamentale (Règlement grand-ducal du 2 août 2017. Mémorial A. N° 697 du 9 août 2017).  Luxembourg: MENJE. Retrieved from http://data.legilux.public.lu/eli/etat/leg/rgd/2017/08/02/a697/jo 

 

RESOURCE  

(Expansion of Indicative Content Content) 

Note: This module resource is based on a structure of 5 weeks x 2 hours

 

1.Theory-Based Lecture (2 hours)
  • Introduction – Organisational framework
    • Importance and objectives of swimming lessons
    • The educational requirements of school swimming
    • General organisational principles
  • Safety aspects in swimming lessons
    • Planning and implementation of school swimming
    • Principles of safe swimming lessons
    • Aims of learning to save
JUNIOR LIFESAVER Requirements
 2.Learning to swim: getting familiar with water

Theory-Based Lecture (0,5 hours)

  • Theory-Based Lecture (0,5 hour)
  • The movement field “Moving in water
  • “Moving in water” in the curriculum
  • Expected competences/basic competences
  • Didactic-methodical principles in the context of “Moving in water” Learning, performing and laughing
  • Swimming games

Movement-Based (1,5 hours)

  • Splash and frolic
  • Walk, run, jump
  • Roll and wallow
  • Push, pull, carry
  • Diving
  • Breathing correctly
  • Float and glide
  • Jumping
 3.Learning to swim: breaststroke, crawl and backstroke

Theory-Based Lecture (0,5 hours)

  • Objective of learning to swim
  • First type of swimming?
  • Movement characteristics common to all
  • swimming techniques
  • Basic instructions for teaching the
  • Swimming techniques
  • Methodology of learning to swim
  • Organisational forms for swimming lessons
  • Breaststroke
  • Crawl swimming
  • Backstroke

Movement-Based (1,5 hours)

Learning at stations with station cards with three levels of difficulty
 4.Error correction: breaststroke, crawl and backstroke

Movement-Based (2 hours)

  • Practising at stations with station cards with error indicators and associated exercises
(Gliding, water position, leg movement, arm movement, breathing, overall movement
 5.Lifeguarding – Junior Life Saver requirements

Theory-Based Lecture (0,5 hours)

  • Safety aspects in swimming lessons
  • Aims of learning to rescue
  • The requirements of the Junior Lifesaver (FLNS)

Movement-Based (1,5 hours)

  • Trying out the requirements of the lifeguard
Preparation for the lifeguard course