Practical Studies III - Orienteering

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

Expository methods,  Independent Work,  Co-work tasks, Teamwork, Special Activities.

Learning Outcomes

The subject of Orienteering aims to provide students with the knowledge needed for teaching/training and for the organization of orienteering events. To do so, after completing the course, students will be able to:

- Perform successfully orienteering course in its different forms;
- Understand and use different navigation techniques;
- Program and lead Orienteering sessions, through the use of different educational games and teaching progressions;
- Schedule and organize small competitive events at the school/club;
- Evaluate the possibility of carrying out activities in the chosen location, keeping in mind the safety issues;
- Draw a map of park or garden, in large scale, after a base map;

Students will also know the history of the Orienteering and different forms of Orienteering beyond the major assumptions of the technical regulation of competition, as well as specific equipment and resources.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

. Orienteering history
. Different forms of Orienteering covered by IOF
. Equipment
. Maps
. Elementary navigation techniques
. Advanced navigation
. Signage
. Orienteering teaching
. Cartography
. Competitions and regulations
. Use of new technologies for Orienteering teaching
. Production of alternative materials for Orienteering teaching.

Head Lecturer(s)

Amândio Manuel Cupido Santos

Assessment Methods

Continuous
Theoretical test = 15% + Drawing a map = 15%: 30.0%
Ability to organize small competitive events: 30.0%
Ability to perform Orienteering in its different forms - 20% + understanding and use of different navigation techniques = 20%: 40.0%

Final
Ability to trace a route, adapted to the proposals conditions: 20.0%
Ability to perform Orienteering in its different forms - 20% + understanding and use of different navigation techniques = 20%: 40.0%
Theoretical test = 20% + Drawing a map = 20%: 40.0%

Bibliography

Carvalho, A. Melo, Corrida de Orientação – Desporto e Aventura na Natureza, Horizonte, 1985

Hasselstrand, Gunnar, Learning Orienteering step by step, Sweden, IOF, 1987

Manual de Traçador de Percursos - FPO

Mendonça, Camilo, Orientação - Desporto na Natureza, Col. Desporto e Sociedade, nº1, DGD, Lisboa, 1987

McNeill, C., Ramsden, J., Renfrew, T., Teaching Orienteering, 1ª edição, Perthshire, Harveys (com a British

Orienteering Federation), 1987

Norman, Bertil, Yngstron, Arne, Orienteering Technique From Start to Finish, The Swedish Orienteering Federation , Sweden, 1991

Oliveira, Miguel, Documento de Apoio para as Aulas de Orientação, FCDEF-UC, 2005

Palmer, Peter, Martland, Jim, The coaching collection, 1ª edição, British Orienteering Federation, 1988

Regulamento de Competição da IOF para Orientação Pedestre

Regulamento de Competição, Arbitragem,Controlo e Cartografia da FPO

Renfrew, T., McNeill, C., Palmer, P., Orienteering for the Young – Guidelines, Sweden, IOF, 1993.