Prof. Dr Jörg Schorer, PD Dr Florian Loffing, Kim Huesmann (Institute of Sport Science), Prof. Dr Dietmar Grube, Dr Ingo Roden (Institute of Educational Sciences)
As part of the project “Service-Learning in Sports Science – Physical Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic’, students on the Master of Education GHR and the Master of Education Gymnasium ‘Sport’ programmes are addressing a current issue arising from school practice during the 2020/21 winter semester and the 2021 summer semester. They will first assess the state of school sport in both distance and face-to-face teaching through an online survey. Based on the data collected, the students will develop needs-based resources for (PE) teachers, comprising strategies to increase physical activity in everyday school life and lesson plans for physical education during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The service-learning approach offers students the opportunity to gain an insight into applied research whilst simultaneously putting the theories learnt during their studies into practice. This project thus expands on the University of Oldenburg’s teaching focus on ‘research-based learning’ through a highly topical, applied examination of a practical problem in schools.
The results of the service-learning project, developed by the students, are available on the Instagram account schuleundbewegung_unioldenburg and on the Open Educational Resources platform for Lower Saxony (https://www.twillo.de/oer/web/) under the profile ‘Schule und Bewegung Universität Oldenburg’: www.twillo.de/edu-sharing/components/collections.
The seminars are led by Kim Huesmann and Prof. Dr Jörg Schorer (both from the ‘Sport and Movement Science’ department).
The service-learning project is funded by the ‘Lehrinnovation Plus’ funding programme of the State of Lower Saxony.