The Game Method in Teaching Swimming to Children of Pre-school age: Teaching Guide
PODLUBNAIA, MARIIA; TOCHMINA, ANASTASIIA (2019)
PODLUBNAIA, MARIIA
TOCHMINA, ANASTASIIA
2019
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Author(s): Anastasiia Tochmina & Mariia Podlubnaia
Title of the Publication: The Game Method in Teaching Swimming to Children of Pre-school age: Teaching Guide
Degree Title: Bachelor of Sports and Leisure Management
Keywords: teaching swimming, preschool age children, game method, lesson planning
The preschool age is one of the most important periods in a person’s life. Various teaching methods have been developed and justified for teaching preschool children swimming. In recent year, the game method has become the subject of close attention of researchers.
The purpose of the thesis was to develop a booklet for instructors related to the game method in teaching swimming of preschool children. It was assumed that the booklet would be a visual guide for swimming teachers. Thus, they would be able to diversify their swimming lessons, increase the motivation of pupils by including the proposed games in their traditional teaching system. The aim of the theoretical part was to scientifically substantiate the importance of the game method in teaching swimming to preschoolers. The additional objective of the practical part of the thesis was to observe and compare the individual teaching methods and didactic procedures that were used in the observed swimming lessons.
This thesis sought answers to the following questions: What is the importance of the game method in teaching swimming? What games can be used in teaching swimming to preschool children? The developed guide was based on a review of the literature. Various reliable sources such as: books, magazines, online articles were used to create the product. The information was selected using the following key topics: characteristics of pre-school age children; swimming teaching methods, the fundamentals of designing a swimming teaching guide.
The output of the thesis was a booklet of 10 pages containing several subheadings. When developing the booklet, the modern requirements of pedagogical standards were considered, as well as traditional models of teaching, to facilitates its use by instructors from different countries.
It is hoped that, instructors will use the developed booklet to conduct their classes in a more interesting and exciting way and thus increase the motivation of their pupils, resulting in a positive impact on their performance.
Title of the Publication: The Game Method in Teaching Swimming to Children of Pre-school age: Teaching Guide
Degree Title: Bachelor of Sports and Leisure Management
Keywords: teaching swimming, preschool age children, game method, lesson planning
The preschool age is one of the most important periods in a person’s life. Various teaching methods have been developed and justified for teaching preschool children swimming. In recent year, the game method has become the subject of close attention of researchers.
The purpose of the thesis was to develop a booklet for instructors related to the game method in teaching swimming of preschool children. It was assumed that the booklet would be a visual guide for swimming teachers. Thus, they would be able to diversify their swimming lessons, increase the motivation of pupils by including the proposed games in their traditional teaching system. The aim of the theoretical part was to scientifically substantiate the importance of the game method in teaching swimming to preschoolers. The additional objective of the practical part of the thesis was to observe and compare the individual teaching methods and didactic procedures that were used in the observed swimming lessons.
This thesis sought answers to the following questions: What is the importance of the game method in teaching swimming? What games can be used in teaching swimming to preschool children? The developed guide was based on a review of the literature. Various reliable sources such as: books, magazines, online articles were used to create the product. The information was selected using the following key topics: characteristics of pre-school age children; swimming teaching methods, the fundamentals of designing a swimming teaching guide.
The output of the thesis was a booklet of 10 pages containing several subheadings. When developing the booklet, the modern requirements of pedagogical standards were considered, as well as traditional models of teaching, to facilitates its use by instructors from different countries.
It is hoped that, instructors will use the developed booklet to conduct their classes in a more interesting and exciting way and thus increase the motivation of their pupils, resulting in a positive impact on their performance.