Students to dance in lectures as part of health scheme

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