Sailing

Ficha de unidade curricular - Ano letivo 2021/2022

Teaching language

Portuguese/English

Intended learning outcomes (Knowledges, skills and competencies to be developed by the students)

Know the specific characteristics of the sport.
To know the characteristics of the contexts where the sport modality develops.
Identify and know how to handle specific Sailing materials.
Know all the preservation care to have with the material of the sport.
Know and know how to apply all the safety rules inherent to the practice of the sport.
Identify and know how to execute the technical gestures of the sporting modality.
Respect all practitioners and the environment.

Syllabus

History of Sailing.
Characterization of the sport modality Sailing (specificities, equipment).
Conditions and characteristics of the medium.
Analysis of the climatic conditions, reading and interpretation of the water plan.
Safety rules on sailing.
Body posture in sport mode Sailing.
Technical gestures of the sport mode Vela.

Demonstration of the syllabus coherence with the UC intended learning outcomes

The syllabus contents covered in this UC allow students to know the different specific approaches of the sports modality with reference to the practice and the associated technical gestures, allowing them to build an understanding of the concepts and the application in different environments and with a differentiated population.

Teaching methodologies

The work of the UC is organized around:
- Lectures (theoretical and practical) / contents of the program by the lecturer (s)
- Classes of analysis of documents, exhibition of materials associated to the sports modality, discussion of work done by the students

Demonstration of the teaching methodologies coherence with the curricular unit's intended learning outcomes

The articulation between classroom work of an expository nature, as well as the articulated tasks that are carried out in a practical typology and the work done, presented and discussed in class, allows the students to understand the ways of acting pedagogically in different contexts Associated with sailing, favoring spaces for reflection on routes and orientations in the development of the activity.

Assessment methodologies and evidences

Continuous evaluation
- Participation - 10%.
- Group work - 30%.
- Test - 25%.
- Practical assessment - 35%.
Final exam: Students who do not obtain a final grade of 9.5 or higher in the continuous assessment regime will be referred for final examination.

Attendance system

Each student is expected to be at least 75% of the practical sessions and to analyze and discuss the proposed tasks and to execute the assessment products in close relation with the UC teachers, except for students with special status

Assement and Attendance registers

Bibliography

Martins, R. & Nogueira, A. (2002). Specific Glossary of Sailing Boards. Sports in Portuguese, II (1): 6-11.
Saury, J. & Sigrand, J. (1990). Planche à Voile- Exercises pour acquérir les standards. Paris: Fédération Francaise de Voile.
Vieira, A. (1989). Sailing. Lisbon: Editorial Presença.