UPPVJK035 Physical Education and Health Activities with Seniors

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2025
Extent and Intensity
12/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. PaedDr. Kamil Janiš, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. PaedDr. Kamil Janiš, CSc.
Institute of Pedagogical and Psychological Sciences – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: PhDr. Edita Ondřejová, Ph.D.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FAKULTA(FVP) && TYP_STUDIA(B) && FORMA(K)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to provide students with basic information concerning physical education and health activities for the elderly which can primarily be applied in practice. Emphasis is put on proper execution of individual activities with reference to the individuality and especially the physiological characteristics of individual seniors.
Learning outcomes
Professional knowledge: Students can enumerate and characterize the different types of sports and health activities for seniors. They are able to define basic concepts of the discipline.

Professional skills: Students can put together a training unit focused on various types of exercises.

General qualification: Students are able to design a PE activity plan for seniors in practice for the elderly upon consultation with a physician with regard to individual characteristics of the elderly person.
Syllabus
604 / 5 000 1. Definition of basic terms – physical activity, leisure activity, physical education activity, health physical education 2. The importance of movement, healthy lifestyle in relation to physical education and health activities for seniors 3. Exercises in the home environment, aids, atypical exercise aids for physical education and health activities 4. Compensatory exercises 5. Exercises focused on muscle imbalances I 6. Exercises focused on muscle imbalances II 7. Relaxation and breathing exercises 8. Exercises to maintain the physiological range of clubs 9. Activation physical activities for seniors 10. Compilation of an exercise unit for seniors
Literature
    required literature
  • BLAHUTKOVÁ, M. a kol. Pohybem proti civilizačním chorobám. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2009. ISBN 978-80-210-5110-2.
  • HENDL, J., DOBRÝ, L. a kol. Zdravotní benefity pohybových aktivit. Praha: Karolinum, 2011. ISBN 978-80-246-2000-8. info
  • JANIŠ, K. ml. a K. JANIŠ st. Tělovýchovné a zdravotní aktivity u seniorů [online]. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, Fakulta veřejných politik v Opavě, 2019. Dostupné z: https://elearning.slu.cz/course/index.php?categoryid=45
  • KLEPLOVÁ, V. Dobré ráno, dobrý den: cvičení (nejen) pro seniory. 2. vyd. Olomouc: Poznání, 2012. ISBN 978-80-87419-21-2.
  • MÁČEK, M. et al. Fyziologie a klinické aspekty pohybové aktivity. Praha: Galén, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7262-695-3.
  • UHLÍŘ, P. Pohybová cvičení seniorů. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2008. ISBN 978-80-244-1902-2.
    recommended literature
  • BLAHUTKOVÁ, M., ŘEHULKA, E. a Š. DAŇHELOVÁ.Pohyb a duševní zdraví. Brno: Paido, 2005. ISBN 80-7315-108-1.
  • HOLCZEROVÁ, V. a D. DVOŘÁČKOVÁ.Volnočasové aktivity pro seniory. Praha: Grada, 2013. ISBN 978-80-247-4697-5.
  • JANIŠ, K. Převládající informační zdroje v oblasti lidské sexuality a sexuálního chování. In: M. MITLÖHNER a Z. PROUZOVÁ, eds. 25. celostátní kongres k sexuální výchově v České republice. Praha: SPRSV, 2017, s. 56–61. ISBN 978-80-905696-5-2.
  • JANIŠ, K. a I. LUDVÍKOVÁ. Partnerské vztahy na pozadí věkového rozdílu. In: M. MITLÖHNER a Z. PROUZOVÁ, eds. 23. celostátní kongres k sexuální výchově v České republice. Praha: SPRSV, 2015, s. 40–45. ISBN 978-80-905696-2-1.
  • JANIŠ, Kamil and Jitka SKOPALOVÁ. Volný čas seniorů (Leisure time of senior citizens). první. Praha: Grada, 2016, 156 pp. Pedagogika. ISBN 978-80-247-5535-9. info
  • MARCUS, B. H. a L. H. FORSYTH.Psychologie aktivního způsobu života: motivace lidí k pohybovým aktivitám. Praha: Portál, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7367-654-4.
  • RAMÍK, K. Cviky na vaši bolest: rychlá a účinná úleva. Praha: Grada, 2008. ISBN 978-80-247-2391-4.
Teaching methods
Lecture in the form of + instruction on selected activities. Practical training.
Assessment methods
exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Lectures, consultations - students have the possibility to consult via e-mail or upon agreement with the instructor in person.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2019, Accreditation summer, Summer 2022, Winter 2022, Winter 2023, Winter 2024.
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