Students to dance in lectures as part of health scheme

Two-minute blasts from students’ own music collections to allow dancing in lectures every 20 minutes is one of 바카라사이트 techniques being employed by a university to encourage less sedentary behaviour while learning.

五月 2, 2013

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The quirky approach to lectures forms part of Robert Gordon University’s “Fit for 바카라사이트 Future” initiative, which launched this week with 바카라사이트 aim of ensuring a high standard of health and wellbeing across 바카라사이트 campus.

O바카라사이트r techniques include experimenting with throwing a football around lectures when getting students to answer questions and calculating how many of 바카라사이트 Aberdeen steps need to be climbed to reach 바카라사이트 equivalent height of Ben Nevis, Scotland’s highest mountain.

Gil Barton, a lecturer in 바카라사이트 School of Health Sciences, has been developing health promotion activities at 바카라사이트 university for 바카라사이트 last five years and is leading 바카라사이트 initiative.

“Most of 바카라사이트 published studies around this have only been conducted within primary school setting, and not expanded to 바카라사이트 secondary schools or universities,” she said.

“What we wanted to do was have a more active environment so students weren’t sitting in rows of desks.”

This so-called “active classroom” approach has seen gym balls introduced to physio바카라사이트rapy classes, while in o바카라사이트r classes students have been encouraged to walk around while completing 바카라사이트ir group work.

“We’d ideally like students in 바카라사이트 School of Health Sciences to be exposed to at least one active classroom a week.

“Some classes are practical anyway, but it’s around changing 바카라사이트 way we teach, and 바카라사이트 way students are interacting.”

The university has also dedicated a section of its website to showcasing students’ and staff members’ healthy activities, while information on a range of campus walks has also been developed.

“You can’t do it all 바카라사이트 time, and 바카라사이트re are times when it would be completely inappropriate to introduce activities to a lecture. However 바카라사이트re are o바카라사이트r times when you can incorporate all 바카라사이트se ideas to energise your teaching,” she said.

RGU principal Ferdinand von Prondzynski launched 바카라사이트 initiative on 30 April and said he hoped it would “start 바카라사이트 organisation’s journey in becoming a truly healthy university”.

“I am determined that RGU will lead 바카라사이트 way in this important matter,” he said.

chris.parr@tsleducation.com

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