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DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Syllabi for Open Course

(with effect from 2015 admissions)

Board of Studies in Physical Education

1. Mr Moby Thomas (Chairman)

Associate Professor and Head, Department of Physical Education, SB College,

Changanassery

2. Dr Manoj T I, Professor and Deputy DSW, Kerala, Agriculture University

3. Dr Binu George Varghese, Director, School of Physical Education and Sports

Sciences, MG University, Kottayam

4. Dr Tony Daniel, Chairman, Technical Committee, Athletics Federation of India

5. Mr T C Mathew, President, Kerala Cricket Association, Vice President BCCI

6. Dr Reginold Varghese, Associate Professor and Head, Department of Physical

Education, Marthoma College, Thiruvalla

7. Dr Roy M Mathew, Chairman and Managing Director, Muthoot Mini

8. Mr Siju Kuriakose, Manager, South Indian Bank, Edathua

9. Mr Soji Joseph, Department of Physical Education, SB College, Changanassery

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Evaluation of the Courses 1. Evaluation

The evaluation of each course shall contain two parts.

i Internal or In-Semester Assessment (ISA)

ii External or End-Semester Assessment (ESA)

Both ISA and ESA shall be carried out using indirect grading. The ISA:ESA ratio shall

be 1:4. There shall be a maximum of eighty (80) marks for external evaluation and

twenty (20) marks for internal evaluation.

1.1 In-semester assessment

There are three components for ISA, which include attendance,

assignment/seminar/viva-voce and in-semester examination. All the three components

of the internal assessment are mandatory.

Components of ISA Marks

Attendance 5

Assignment/Seminar/Viva-Voce 5

In-semester examination (2×5 = 10) 10

Total 20

Marks for attendance

% of Attendance Marks

90 and above 5

85 - 89 4

80 - 84 3

76 - 79 2

75 1

(Decimals shall be rounded off to the next higher whole number)

1.2 Assignments

Assignments shall be submitted for every course. At least one assignment for each

course shall be submitted in each semester.

1.3 In-semester examination

Every student shall undergo at least two in-semester examinations as class test as an

internal component for every course.

1.4 To ensure transparency of the evaluation process, the ISA mark awarded to the students

in each course in a semester shall be published on the notice board according to the

schedule in the academic calendar published by the College. There shall not be any

chance for improvement for ISA. The course teacher and the faculty mentor shall

maintain the academic record of each student registered for the course which shall be

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forwarded to the office of the Controller of Examinations through the Head of the

Department and a copy should be kept in the office of the Head of the Department for at

least two years for verification.

1.5 A student who has not secured minimum marks in internal examinations can redo the

same before the end semester examination of the semester concerned.

1.6 End-semester assessment

The end-semester examination in theory courses shall be conducted by the College.

1.7 The end-semester examinations shall be conducted at the end of each semester. There

shall be one end-semester examination of three (3) hours duration in each lecture based

course.

1.8 The question paper should be strictly on the basis of model question paper set by Board

of Studies.

1.9 A question paper may contain short answer type/annotation, short essay type questions

and long essay type questions.

Section Type of Questions

Number of

Questions to be

answered

Marks Total

Marks

A Very short answer type 10 out of 10 1 10

B Short answer type 8 out of 12 2 16

C Short essay/problem solving type 6 out of 9 4 24

D Essay type 2 out of 4 15 30

26 out of 35 - 80

1.10 Photocopies of the answer scripts of the external examination shall be made available to

the students for scrutiny as per the regulations in the examination manual.

1.11 For all courses an indirect grading system based on a ten (10) point scale according to

the percentage of marks (ISA + ESA) is used to evaluate the performance of the student

in that course. The percentage shall be rounded mathematically to the nearest whole

number.

Percentage of

Marks Grade Performance Grade Point

90 and above A+ Outstanding 10

80 - 89 A Excellent 9

70 - 79 B Very Good 8

60 - 69 C Good 7

50 - 59 D Satisfactory 6

40 - 49 E Adequate 5

Below 40 F Failure -

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AOPE501: PHYSICAL, HEALTH AND LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION

Contact hours: 72

Credits: 3

Aim of the Course:

The course is intended to familiarize the students towards the concepts of health and Physical

Education and the relative contribution of Physical Education and sports for the skill

development

Objectives of the course:

1. To provide students a general concept of physical education and fitness

2. To provide knowledge and understanding regarding health and nutrition

3. To familiarize the students regarding safety education and health promotive measures

for day to day life

4. To provide an understanding of the value of sports for life skill development

Course Outline:

Module I: Physical Education and Physical Fitness

Concept of Physical Education

Meaning, Definition, Aims and objectives of Physical Education

Need and importance of Physical Education

Physical Education & its relevance in inter disciplinary context

Physical Fitness Components

Types of fitness:

Health related Physical Fitness

Performance related Physical Fitness

Activities for developing Physical Fitness components

Module II: Health concepts of Physical Education

Definition and meaning of Health

Dimensions and determinants of Health

Physical activity and Health benefits

Effect of exercise on body systems

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Circulatory, Respiratory, Endocrine, Skeletal and Muscular

Role of Physical Education programme on community health promotion

(Individual, family and society)

Module III: Nutrition and Health

Concept of Food and Nutrition

Balanced Diet

Vitamins- Malnutrition - Deficiency Diseases

Determining Caloric intake and expenditure

Obesity, Causes and preventing measures - Role of Diet and exercise

Module IV: Safety Education and Health promotion

Principles of accident prevention

Health and Safety in daily life

Health and Safety at work

First Aid and Emergency care

Common injuries and their management

Modern Life Style and Hypo- Kinetic diseases – Prevention and management

Module V: Sports and Life Skills Education

Sports and socialization

Physical activity and Sports- Emotional adjustment and wellbeing

Drug abuse among youth – Preventive measures and Remediation

Yoga, Meditation and Relaxation

Sports and character building

Values in Sports

Sports for world peace and International Understanding

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Suggested Reading:

AAPHERD. ‘Health Related Physical Fitness Test Manual’. 1980. Published by

Association drive Reston Virginia.

ACSM Fitness Book, Leisure Press Campaign, Illinois, 1996, Leisure Press, Canada

http://www.pitt.edu/-gsphhome

ACSM’s ‘Health related physical fitness assessment manual’ Lippincott Williams

and Wilkins USA,2005

B.C. Rai ‘Health Education and Hygiene’ Published by Prakashan Kendra,

Lucknow.

Bucher, C.A., (1979). ‘Foundation of Physical Education’ (5th ed.). Missouri: C.V.

Mosby co.

Corbin, Charles B.et.al, C.A., (2004). ‘Concepts of Fitness and Wellness’ , Boston:

McGraw Hill

Fashey, Tomas D, Insel, Paul M, and Roth, Walton T (2005) ‘Fit and Well’ New

York: McGraw Hill Inc.

Frank A.M. (2003). ‘Sports & Education’. CA: ABC-CLIO

Greenberg, Jerold S and Dintiman George B (l997) Wellness – ‘Creating a Life of

Health and Fitness’ London: Allym and Bacon Inc.

Les Snowdan, Maggie Humphrey's ‘Fitness Walking’, Maggie Humphery Orient

Paper Backs 2002 New Delhi.

Norman Bezzant Help ‘First Aid for everyday emergencies’, Jaico publishing House

Bombay, Delhi

Puri, K, Chandra. S S, (2005). ‘Health and Physical Education’. New Delhi: Surjeet

Publications

Ralph S. Paffer Barger, Jr. and Eric Leolson, ‘Life Fit’, 1999 Human Kinetics USA

Rob James, Graham Thompson, Nesta Wiggins -James complete ‘A-Z Physical

Education Hand book’ 2nd edition, 2003 Hodder and Stoughton England

Siedentop, D, (1994) ‘Introduction to Physical Education and sports’ (2nd ed.).

California: Mayfield Publishing Company

Ziegler, E.F. (2007). ‘An Introduction to Sports & Phy.Edu. Philosophy’. Delhi: Sp.

Educational Technology.